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And yet Dems did comparatively well in the Nov. 2022 elections. I'm wondering if maybe the fact that the Dem presidential nominee is, you know, a woman of color might factor in here in a nontrivial way, with a lot of the "it's the inflation" and "it's the migrant invasion" stuff serving as convenient self-justifying rationalizations to more than a few voters who would apparently opt for almost anyone, even a sclerotic fascist, over a brown female.

Maybe. The operative word there is "comparatively." They did well only in relation to the drubbing that was expected, due to those adverse feelings about the economy. It's probably more to do with: i) Dobbs; and ii) poor candidates in the Senate races that the Dems clung to than with voters being happier with the economy then than now. Those were lifelines that allowed the Democrats to cling to more seats than they expected, despite a six point swing in the House midterm popular vote (from 53-45 in 2018 to 47-50 in 2022).

That's not to say that there's not self-serving justification over a brown female. Just that voters are also unhappy about high prices and interest rates.

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