[kwhat4]

The republicans know how to win, and will do so by any means necessary. The democrats seem happy taking the high road to yet another humiliating defeat. This is why I'm done voting and pretending it makes a difference.

[millstone]

Republicans do not always win but do play more hardball, and that is not a compliment. They aggressively use anti (small d) democratic tactics like gerrymandering, disfranchisement, etc. They also enjoy a large structural advantage in the Senate, because the average State is more rural and much more white than the average American.

Should Democrats win the Presidency and a Senate majority, they should prioritize (small d) democratic reforms, stuff that cannot be easily undone in 2024. In particular, make Washington DC a state. This is not hardball, it's just basic fairness: DC metro has one of the highest percentages of Black people, and DC statehood will make the Senate more representative of America (only partially - red states will still have an advantage).

My sense is that the Democratic party has an appetite for this. Should they gain power, they won't make the same mistakes. See HR 1.

I feel terrible for viewing this sad event through the lens of electoral politics, but RBG was a champion for voting rights.

[staticman2]

The Republican Supreme Court can say any law passed by a Democrat is unconstitutional. So good look with reforms.

[acdha]

You’re doing exactly what the Republicans want: they don’t need you to support them as long as you don’t get in their way.

Unless you share their goals, you might want to reconsider this strategy.

[kwhat4]

I'm sorry but how exactly did they democrats get in the way last time when Obama was president? Rolling over and saying whats suppose to happen doesn't qualify as anything meaningful as far as I am concerned. If the democrats want support, they need to grow a fucking backbone and show us they deserve it.

[dang]

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24523153.

[jcheng]

The Democrats have literally lost ONE presidential election in a row

[empthought]

And they lost it by winning 2.5 million more votes than the Republicans.

[syshum]

The fact of the matter is, no matter who wins your vote for President likely does not matter anyway

The biggest problem we have is people seem to only care about the presidential election, your local city /county council, your mayor, your local auditor, property assessor, school board, and many other local positions have a much higher impact in your daily life than the president ever will, and your vote in those elections absolutely does matter

[colinmhayes]

This is my conclusion too. Not only are democrats losers they perfectly fine with it too. They've let republicans out politic them every since Reagan. Another in a long line of humiliating political defeats at the hands of big money.

[refurb]

Huh? The Democrats have had two, 2 term presidencies since Reagan. 16 years in the last 32.