I want to add something that I believe your analysis overlooked. It is a well-known truism in American politics - money is the mother's milk of politics. Looking at one election in isolation will give you a false impression of money's role in American politics. Politics is war without the guns - Mao Zedong. Any single election is only one battle in a long war. This is a lesson our Democrats have never learned. Money lets you buy low-level positions that eventually allow you to control an entire state. The Republicans are masters at the long game. I can go further if you are interested, but I think these few words are enough.
It all drives me crazy!🤪
I want to add something that I believe your analysis overlooked. It is a well-known truism in American politics - money is the mother's milk of politics. Looking at one election in isolation will give you a false impression of money's role in American politics. Politics is war without the guns - Mao Zedong. Any single election is only one battle in a long war. This is a lesson our Democrats have never learned. Money lets you buy low-level positions that eventually allow you to control an entire state. The Republicans are masters at the long game. I can go further if you are interested, but I think these few words are enough.