Midterms exposed Dems’ big weakness, but will GOP take advantage in 2020?
By Frank Cannon and Paul Dupont, opinion contributors — 11/07/18 09:00 AM EST
Another midterm election has come and gone, with no shortage of intriguing storylines. For opponents of President Trump, the much-touted “blue wave†did come to pass – sort of – with Democrats gaining a slight majority in the House that they likely will use to impair the current administration as much as possible. Yet, Democrats lost seats in the Senate, boosting Republicans’ hopes of holding that chamber in 2020 and allowing Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to continue to fill the judiciary with Trump nominees.
While these surface-level developments are likely to be the focus of most post-election analyses, this year’s midterms also exposed deeper, less visible trends which could have massive implications for 2020 and beyond.
One such development was noted by Politico in a story last week. In reviewing a number of primary victories this year by insurgent Democratic candidates, the report carefully sketches a growing divide in the Democratic Party between its mostly wealthy and white progressive activist wing — which has supported candidates like Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) — and its primarily blue-collar and minority base, which generally backs the party’s more establishment candidates such as Rep. Joe Crowley, who Ocasio-Cortez defeated in a party primary.
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