I mean it IS a lot of “ifs” but it seems like Alaska is very much in play. And nyc posted a virtual tie in Nebraska just above. I don’t have much hope for Texas, but maybe the ICE behavior puts it more in play than in the recent past if Pubs started losing more Hispanic vote.
If a conservative state like Nebraska sends a non-Pub to Washington, even if he leans conservative, the message from his state is/should be we didn’t send someone who will go full MAGA. I guess that’s somewhat better than the alternative.
The older Xers were 18-19 years old in 1984 - Reagan’s “Morning in America” campaign. The older Xers were 18-24 years old when Poppy Bush was elected in 1988.
Good point. I'm a young X. Specifically an Xennial or whatever. So we are definitely different than those from the early generation.
My husband and I are older Xers. Our view is that Gen X is two pretty distinct sub-generations — (x) the olds who were born in the 60s/remember being a kid in the 70s and the younger ones who more recall being kids in the 80s. Whether that has a political break between the two, I don’t know. Our impression has been that the older cohort skews more libertarian than the younger cohort, regardless of the overall left/right tilt otherwise. I think the moderate & conservative libertarians in the older cohort have definitely flocked to MAGA.
1974 here and me too.
My husband’s and my siblings born from 1974 forward (and their friends) all seem much more like millennials to us.
Nah you are at the tail end of X, like me. Midpoint of X is like 72/73.
Seems way premature/presumptuous to say that. Gavin Newsom, Marco Rubio, Josh Shapiro, and Andy Beshear are all Gen Xers with decent shots at being on the ballot in 2028. Folks like Tucker Carlson (ugh) and Ted Cruz (ugh) are Gen Xers too. And then there are probably 3 more elections after that when a Gen Xer could reasonably be a major party nominee.
Yeah I should have thought about that more - Cory Booker is also Gen X
Except that I know so many that are on some sort of government dole either directly or though a spouse (so many have government health insurance that they would pass out if it were offered to the public) and they think that is totally fine because it's them and they deserve it.
Agreed. Of course hypocrisy has never been a limiting factor for MAGA. In fact, it's a feature. They'll take the government money and still act like they are making it all on their own steam.
The only seat that will be hard to retain is GA. The others will be cakewalks. Especially MN lol.
Even K spoke out against Trump (iirc)
He called him an insane son of a bitch.
