Senate Democrats’ campaign chief: Trump a ‘motivating factor for turnout’

[Timber Rattler]

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3744798-senate-democrats-campaign-chief-trump-a-motivating-factor-for-turnout/

Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), chair of Senate Democrats’ campaign arm, credited former President Trump for Democratic turnout in the midterms and said Trump could continue to be a problem for Republicans.

“There’s no question that Donald Trump is a motivating factor for turnout when it comes to Democratic voters,” Peters said in an interview with NBC’s Sahil Kapur.

Democrats secured a razor-thin majority in the Senate in the midterm elections by flipping Pennsylvania’s seat and defending vulnerable incumbents in Nevada and Arizona.

In Georgia, Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) will face Republican Herschel Walker again in a Dec. 6 runoff that could either expand Democrats’ majority.

“This is historic,” Peters told NBC. “For the party in power in the White House, and given where we are with inflation and other factors, to not lose a seat right now — I believe we will gain a seat — is truly historic.”

Trump had endorsed the Republican nominees in those four states during the primaries, and some in the GOP have pointed blame toward the former president for the party’s worse-than-expected performance in the election.

Trump, meanwhile, has repeatedly touted the number of his endorsed candidates who won their general election contests.

Peters told NBC that Trump, who formally entered the 2024 presidential race last week, could continue to cost the GOP.

“It depends what the party does,” Peters told the network. “If the party continues to be following the Trump model and is Trumpian and doesn’t go back to their more conservative roots of the traditional Republican Party, I will say, definitely that’ll be a problem.”

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[Free Vulcan]

Neither abortion or insidious and nefarious bourgeoisie mega MAGA capitalist pig Trump election deniers were that big of deal in this election.

A factor, but a minor one of many.

[Right_in_Virginia]

More silly spam.   

Setting aside absurdly early voting, ballot harvesting, precincts closed on election day, counting until the number of votes needed are miracuously found without a chain of custody, McConnell denying financial support to candidates who support the base over him ----- GenZ turned out en masse;  for them this election was a very personalized crusade.

Kudos cannot be denied to the White House for coordinating with TikTok to focus the attention of GenZers on one or more of the "rights" they were about to lose ----  the "right" to kill their young (thank you so much, Lindsey);  the "right' not to repay a student loan;  the "right" to a gun-free world;  the '"right" to change their sex as many times as they choose;  and the "right" to have their IPhones powered by windmills..

They're now asking the question:  "can you hear us now?".  Apparently, our answer is "no".

[Right_in_Virginia]

Charlie Kirk
@charliekirk11
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Democrats received 10 million LESS votes in 2022 than they did in 2018. Republicans received 3 million MORE—a 13 million vote swing.

Don’t let anyone tell you Republicans didn’t turn out, they did. It was early mail and harvesting in about 20 key districts. We will fix this.