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Bob's avatar

Ken wrote: “The one thing is clear, the district now leans much farther right than before. The question is why.”

There are a lot of questions —

Do those registered as Republicans and Conservatives vote more consistently and more often than those registered as Democrats and Working Families Party? (Generally speaking, on average only about two-thirds of those who can vote do vote.)

What percentage of voters, on either side of the political continuum, are new voters? Did the right-wing/populist movements, from the Tea Party in 2008 to Trump in 2016, bring in new right-wing voters? Are Democrats attracting new voters? If so, who are they?

Does the fact that the North Country population is aging have any impact on party affiliation? What are the demographics of additional 20,000 unaffiliated voters?

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Thanks for the PSA and the link to NCPR.

God willing, the Republican Party is on its way to being nothing more than a rump party. If we have to endure the pimple on the rump I suppose that’s our cross to bear. Maybe in the high number of independent voters there lies hope anyway.

Trump’s appearance at NABJ and Vance’s continuing bumbling past comments about childless cat ladies doesn’t seem like the way to grow a party. The RNC had Kid Rock. The DNC is assuredly going to have Beyoncé. The future versus make America 1850 again.

I follow conservatives at Bulwark, Atlantic and even MSNBC is packed with NeverTrump Republicans. Beyond Trump and the Republicans in Congress who can’t quit him it seems to be a dying party.

🤞 The November elections are a bloodbath for the GOP. Do they find a way to retire Trump or do they immediately make him the presumptive nominee for 2028?

His sponsor in Moscow seems to have written him off. Praise for the release of Evan Gershkovitch, Paul Whelan and the others yesterday. 🙏

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