There are plenty of reasons to believe that Democrats are headed toward a blue wave. Democrats are turning out in record numbers in primary contests even in “safe” races. They continue to over-perform in special elections, even flipping the state legislative seat that includes Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
Added to that, the war in Iran is already causing Trump to crater with groups of voters that had boosted him to reelection such as Latino voters. And most major pollsters show that voters would overwhelmingly vote for a generic Democrat for Congress compared to a generic Republican.
But one of the biggest indicators of an impending Democratic win come November is the number of Republicans in the House of Representatives not running for reelection.
Selfish pricks who made a mess and now leave to let others clean up the mess. Dems will spend their entire time in power fixing shit just to have Americans elect Republicans when the goose is fat again.
“Made a mess” is bullshit phrasing. These fuckers were complicit in the smash and grab looting of America for decades.
I’m more afraid that they won’t fix some things because they’re not in the public eye so much. And so the country slides deeper into billionaire-induced “austerity”.
But in any case: the mess won’t be easy to fix. 4 years won’t be enough. The Republican party has been eager to take over the country (as in: push out the Democrats) for a long time, they won’t give up.
And even if Dems somehow manage to fix the education system, it will be 10 more years before the first people to benefit from it are allowed to vote.
The success of Trump is built on decades of weakening the system.
But who knows, maybe the US will experience a shift towards social security, taxing the rich etc. First order: put a proper leash on lobbyism, party donations, aka legal corruption.
In any case: It’s always easier to fuck something up than to fix it.