Midterm elections invariably favor the party that’s not in the White House. There is always more passion from opposition to the executive branch that translates into victories in the legislative branch. This has helped maintain the ebb and flow of power between the two parties that is incongruent between the legislative and executive branches.
In other words, people who were pumped about voting for President Trump are less pumped now than the people who want to put a check on his power.
This election year seemed to be heading in the same direction as previous midterm election years. Then, a strange thing happened. Democrats went full-blown unhinged during the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation process. Moreover, Republican voters were reminded that the President is powerless to put conservatives on the Supreme Court if the Democrats take control of the Senate.
Polls since Kavanaugh’s confirmation make prospects look great for Republicans to hold the Senate Majority and decent for them to hold a House majority. Just a month ago, the potential for a blue wave put both at risk.
Now, the thing that can hurt the Republicans the most is expression of positive sentiment (or at least less negative sentiment than the Democrats) in the form of favorable poll numbers. If Republican voters think they’re going to win these elections, they’re less likely to actually get out and vote.
Democrats don’t have this problem. Their hatred for President Trump and their desire to regain control of the House and Senate is not going to fade. If anything, these poll numbers are going to put a fire under them that will prompt them to force others around them to vote as well.
Republicans may have the momentum, but three weeks is a long time to try to sustain it now that the Kavanaugh debacle is mostly over. Republicans won that round, so it’s very easy for complacency to set in.
If the GOP really wants to hold majorities, they must generate a lot more enthusiasm around election day. If polls won elections, Hillary Clinton would be President, the Senate would be blue, and Merrick Garland would be on the Supreme Court.
Will America-First News Outlets Make it to 2023?
Things are looking grim for conservative and populist news sites.
There’s something happening behind the scenes at several popular conservative news outlets. 2021 was bad, but 2022 is proving to be disastrous for news sites that aren’t “playing ball” with the corporate media narrative. It’s being said that advertisers are cracking down, forcing some of the biggest ad networks like Google and Yahoo to pull their inventory from conservative outlets. This has had two major effects. First, it has cooled most conservative outlets from discussing “taboo” topics like Pandemic Panic Theater, voter fraud, or The Great Reset. Second, it has isolated those ad networks that aren’t playing ball.
Certain topics are anathema for most ad networks. Speaking out against vaccines or vaccine mandates is a certain path to being demonetized. Highlighting voter fraud in the 2020 and future elections is another instant advertising death penalty. Throw in truthful stories about climate change hysteria, Critical Race Theory, and the border crisis and it’s easy to understand how difficult it is for America-First news outlets to spread the facts, share conservative opinions, and still pay the bills.
Without naming names, I have been told of several news outlets who have been forced to either consolidate with larger organizations or who have backed down on covering certain topics out of fear of being “canceled” by the ad networks. I get it. This is a business for many of us and it’s not very profitable. Those of us who do this for a living are often barely squeaking by, so loss of additional revenue can often mean being forced to make cuts. That means not being able to cover the topics properly. Its a Catch-22: Tell the truth and lose the money necessary to keep telling the truth, or avoid the truth and make enough money to survive. Those who have chosen survival simply aren’t able to spread the truth properly.
We will never avoid the truth. The Lord will provide if it is His will. Our job is simply to share the facts, spread the Gospel, and educate as many Americans as possible while exposing the forces of evil.
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JD Rucker