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No amount of spin can alter the centrifugal force of the results of Tuesday’s elections. This was a shellacking and a thumping for Democrats.
There are, however, lessons to be learned for both parties.
First, this was the first “normal” election – meaning an election in which Donald Trump was not either in office or a candidate for office – since 2014, and Republicans performed better without him. If there is good news for America, it is that Republicans may be beginning to realize that Trump is like radiation — best kept at a safe distance.
At the same time, however, this was a continuation of a gyrating electorate that can’t seem to decide what it wants: from Barack Obama’s decisive win in 2008, to Republican victories in 2009 and 2010; from Obama again in 2012 to Republicans again in 2014; from Trump in 2016 to Democrats in 2018 and again in 2020. And now it’s back to Republicans in 2021.
Second, this was a form of electroshock therapy for Democrats to stop infighting and start delivering tangible results for an impatient electorate. To coin a phrase, never bring “reconciliation” to an electoral knife fight.
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