For John, BLUF: It doesn't appear that Democrats have settled on why Trump won and it it is just him.
From The Old Gray Lady, by Political Correspondent Shane Goldmacher, 24 May 2025
Here is the lede plus two:
Donald J. Trump’s victory in 2024 was not an outlier.Then follows a series of charts showing the demographics and voting patterns of the various counties in these United States. And analysis.It was the culmination of continuous gains by Republicans in much of the country each time he has run for president, a sea of red that amounts to a flashing warning sign for a Democratic Party out of power and hoping for a comeback.
The steady march to the right at the county level reveals not just the extent of the nation’s transformation in the Trump era but also the degree to which the United States now resembles two countries charging in opposite directions.
The article says:
Democrats are gaining ground in a small sliver of the best-educated enclaves.Doesn't that tell you more about the elite universities than it does about America?
Chris Kofinis, a Democratic strategist who served as chief of staff to former Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who left the party last year, is quoted, warning that such optimism was misplaced.
“Trump is the symptom, not the disease,”And President Trump really echoes this when he says, "They aren't after me. They are after you. I am just in the way."
Some Democrats have taken comfort from how narrowly Mr. Trump won the popular vote in 2024But, he did win the Popular Vote as well as the Electoral College.
I can remember when Democrats thought Republicans would never win the popular vote again, and tried to undermine the Constitution with some sort of workaround pact (National Popular VoteI nterstate Compact), which some in Maine are now trying to back out of.
Could it be Dems are just to old? That is David Hogg's view. Bernie, Pelosi, Biden, Coburn, etc. Maybe Chuck Schumer? (Only 74).
Hat tip to my Brother, Lance.
Regards — Cliff
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