#17 Caius Marcius Coriolanus again states, "And the DNC ... still refuse to release the official autopsy report of why incumbent VPOTUS Kamala Harris and successful Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) lost 6,265,888 supporters that voted Democratic on Tuesday 3 Nov 2020, but not on Tuesday 5 Nov 2024, costing the DNC the White House."

And, again, I am pleased to offer my in-depth take on that question, with activities down to the county/precinct level, to demonstrate why the Harris/Walz team lost in November, 2024:

#18 Not possible.

Bernie Sanders isn't a Democrat.

Can't get screwed by a party that isn't yours...

...unless you allow them to do that.

And afterwards, wouldn't the person who was "screwed" disavow the party that wasn't even theirs, and then spend the rest of their time damning said party?

If I remember correctly, Senator Sanders is still caucusing with the Democrats.

#16 Then you're not reading my posts.

I have often been disappointed that my preferred candidate didn't make it to the general election following the primary.

But, when November rolls around then, yes, the Democratic candidate is my choice.

Once again, come November, if it is Steyer versus Hilton, who are you going to vote for?

#13 Yeah?

So, work hard and campaign for and donate to Becerra.

But, come November, if it is Steyer versus Hilton, who are you going to vote for?

#11 That's the most ridiculous comment I've read today, Clown.

Just how does the DNC shoot down candidates?

Didn't shoot down any of these recent Democratic success stories:

-> Georgia voters ousted two Republican members of the state's Public Service Commission in favor of two Democrats - the first Democrats to win statewide nonfederal offices in decades.

-> Democrats in Mississippi Break the G.O.P.'s State House Supermajority

-> Every single county in Virginia - even deeply red counties - saw shifts TOWARDS the Democrats, as opposed to how they voted 1 year ago.

-> Dems flip Wichita School Board from a 4-3 GOP majority to a 5-2 Democratic majority. Democratic candidates Amy Warren and Amy Jensen defeated Republican incumbents Hazel Stabler and Kathy Bond.

-> Two of Tuesday's school board elections were in Bucks County, Pa., which was considered "ground zero" for right-wing groups' takeover of school boards in 2021. A few years ago, conservatives on these boards in Pennbridge and Central Bucks districts were using their roles to pass policies targeting LGBTQ+ students and banning books.

---> Democrats flipped control of both boards in 2023, and on Tuesday, they ousted every Republican from both of these boards, except for one. The Pennbridge school board is now 8-1, with Democratic members in control. The Central Bucks school board is 9-0.

-> In Texas, we even won in Lockhart, which sits in a district so red that Democrats normally don't even run. We had a clean sweep in Cy-Fair ISD, another deeply red area that not even Greg Abbott could save your party.

-> In SD-9, another red district, we saw an 8 point shift for the Democrat

-> Eileen Higgins elected as first Democratic mayor of Miami in three decades

As for me, the opposition isn't the DNC (or the Democratic Party, or any Democratic candidate that's brave enough to throw their hat into the ring).

The opposition is the RNC, the Republican Party, and every candidate with an (R) after their name.

Eye on the prize, Clown.

Eye on the prize.

#8 Clown says, "America deserves more than the 2 party system of the Oligarch Party vs the Corporate Elite Party."

And just where is America supposed to find that "thing" that they do deserve?

#7 You say Dem "leadership" won't do anything that inconveniences Wall St.

I suppose you mean then that America should keep electing Republicans because they will inconvenience Wall St.?

Is that what you're saying, Morris?

#6 Dumbest and most clueless.

Such a combination, eh, Clown? :-)

#3 Those are not starting points.

Those are straw arguments with no basis in fact.

You're welcome.

#45 bj boi naively states, "This would be an awful lot of trouble to stage."

#43 "nicked"

#2 Here's the answer you seek, Nixon:

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The bigger the wave, the deeper the Democrats go into Republican territory. Of course, the PVI isn't the whole story. Candidate quality can play a role, as well as local issues, and how good a fit the incumbent is for the district. Still, this is a basis. If Democrats overperform by 5 or 6 points or more in all the soft Republican districts, they could flip a few dozen seats.

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To a first approximation, Democrats should first shore up their own seats, then go after the low-hanging fruit next, meaning the Republican-held districts with a PVI of D+x, then EVEN, then R+1, then R+2, etc. The table below lists all 218 Republican-held seats by PVI. The second column gives the number of districts at each PVI. For example, there are four Republican-held districts that are R+1 and 11 at R+5. The last column gives the cumulative number of flips assuming they fall in order. So, for example, if the Democrats win all the Republican-held seats from D+3 to R+5, they flip 39 seats.

JeffJ is like Herpes. No matter how hard you try you can't get rid of him.