Reality Resistant VotersAlan Joseph Bauer
Aug 21, 2023
Voters in blue states keep voting for the same politicians offering the same failed policies. Why do voters consistently vote against their interests?
John Fetterman should have been easily defeated in the 2022 Pennsylvania senatorial race. He suffered a serious stroke during the Democratic primaries and then moved on to the general election against Dr. Mehmet Oz. Fetterman could not understand questions put to him. He needed to read those questions on a computer screen. When he answered, oftentimes it was not clear what he was saying or if it had anything to do with the question asked. He kept dressing and continues to dress as if he is permanently at an Addams Family getaway. After entering the senate, he almost immediately took a leave to deal with depression. If there was ever a candidate who was beatable, John Fetterman was the man.
Dr. Oz’s loss can be chalked up to his inexperience as a politician, or his close relationship with former president Trump or the poor performance of the Republican candidate for governor, Doug Mastriano. Still, in a state reeling from high gas prices, stubborn inflation for food and other necessities, reduced fracking, increased crime such as carjacking in big cities, it would appear that Pennsylvania should have been ripe for the picking for any pro-business, pro-police type of candidate. While Dr. Oz apparently made a very serious effort to get around the state and put forth Republican policy solutions, he still lost to a man who can barely communicate and dresses as if someone had stolen his clothes from the Ross changing room. But this phenomenon is not isolated to the Keystone State. AOC famously drove away very high-paying Amazon jobs from her district and still easily won both a primary and her reelection. Maxine Waters has paid her family a fortune from her political takings while her district suffers from many of the California problems. She easily gets reelected time after time. And as for California, a recall effort yielded a loss for Larry Elder, who was famously dubbed “the black face of white supremacy” by the Official Democratic Media. California is suffering from cities filled with homeless encampments, outdoor drug use, and crime, as well as crumbling roads, not enough water due to failed policies, and too many illegal aliens. Gavin Newsom should have been shown the door but he beat the younger Elder and remains one of the bright lights in the Democratic bench under the age of 80.
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Source:
https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2023/08/21/column-n2627270
