Republicans showed up though--they always do. Maybe they had 2 million less that didn't believe in their cause. But it's usually the Democrats that are sporadic. It's a bitch to get them to care about mid terms. Sure, they showed up for Biden, during a pandemic. Regardless of race or nationality, we all failed. We didn't show up for a female--twice.
Maybe Newsom had a better chance, but for those believing that it was strategic that he sat out. It's not a given that there'll be another time, when each term Republicans strip and break the system more. And it's going to be tough for minority groups to get behind a white male that pretty much leaves them at seemingly static quo. Democrats have a pretty large tent and everybody has their own demands--which makes it extremely hard to unify. We have to agree on a plan that includes everybody, while meeting all of our individual needs and wants. But nothing does that quite like a direct threat today, to employment, homes and health. Trump during a time of prosperity is a theoretical threat to dipshits. And when it's all said and done, we mostly have jobs and cable apparently, since we get our views from social media and the internet. We'll see if that changes. Against sense, I'll hope that we continue prosperity, despite those that run the show.
If nothing else though, it would've been fun to watch Newsom really hurt Trump's pride since he's younger, slimmer and more attractive. Oh well, nobody will go unscathed, not even Gavin.