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Bob K's avatar

1 - Excellent. Much appreciated, this article.

2 - I look forward to hearing your analysis as suspicions grow of election fraud in certain races ... or even entire states.

3 - I will find it very interesting, in a geeky / technical way, to see how your analytical methods adapt and improve from the lessons learned from this election cycle.

Alek's avatar
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Thank you, Seth. As one of the countless California Republicans who fled 12 years ago to a red state (Indiana) that saw its first statewide Democratic wins in over a decade, I couldn’t agree with you more.

The Democrats have made this upfront long ago when former Chicago mayor and Obama ally Rahm Emanuel stated “There are no safe Republican districts. You can run but you can’t hide.” They revealed their intent. If you flee the moment things get bad, they’re going to come for wherever you fled to next.

Jim Miller's avatar

Well done, Seth. Now that we have let the wolves into the sheepfold we have to either get them out and totally defeat them (As Rush often said), or accept that life in the US will closely resemble that in Russia after the 1917 revolution in not that many years. I'm optimistic that Americans are not the Russians of 1917, who had little to fight back with and little will to do it.

Diana (Somewhere in Maryland)'s avatar

You did nail it - Republicans basked in the glow of their 2024 win, but don't look to the future the way they needed to.

I appreciate the optimism. I truly, truly do. But after witnessing the blatant, in our face deception of 2020 it is hard to feel upbeat. And the media and all of the left was unified in labeling anyone who questioned it an "election denier". So much so we are hesitant to whisper it now. 2020 was six years ago; the technology on so many things has advanced by leaps and bounds since. Maybe it is already so good - or will be soon - that when deception occurs, even the smartest amongst us won't even be aware.

The stories about the local races in North and South Carolina (and other places) kind of make me think we are already there. A number of seats were won against incumbents by opponents who barely/didn't campaign, advertise and in some cases had a criminal record. It is stunning it happened in such large numbers. I can't reconcile you hate Donald Trump so much you toss your long time local County Executive who knew what he/she was doing. And in so many cases.