Republicans of my generation treasure Ronald Reagan’s sweep in 1980 as the once-in-a-lifetime election that broke decisively in favor of the GOP for both the presidency and the Senate.It happened again 14 years later for the House of Representatives. I was co-hosting an election night special at Los Angeles PBS affiliate KCET in 1994 when the Newt Gingrich-led tsunami broke upon the land.
A characteristic of waves is that they surprise, at least to some extent. Democrats like to think of 2018 as a blue wave, picking up “On the eve of reapportionment, Republicans are now in a better position than they were after 2010,” Noah RothmanThat number is now 61. It is ironic that Trump’s narrow losses in Arizona, Georgia and Wisconsin kept him from a second consecutive term. It wasn’t a conspiracy that cost Trump the White House but a terrible combination of bad timing — the vaccines he promised were announced a fortnight too late for them to impact voting — and bad polling. Polling directs resources, locates rallies, energizes or depresses turnout.
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