What Do Dems' 2023 Election Wins Mean for 2024?
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Following a string of 2023 election victories for Democrats, media voices considered the implications for how the Republican and Democratic parties will approach 2024.
‘Seemed to stiffen Democrats’ spines’: MSNBC (Left bias) commentator Paul Waldman argued that the results “vindicate” Democrats’ focus on abortion rights and showed that Democrats “need not cower and apologize when Republicans trot out familiar attacks about criminals running amok and ‘wokeness’ in schools.” Waldman said Virginia Republicans cast themselves as moderates on abortion, but “there simply was no middle ground to stake out.”
‘Don’t Panic’: National Review (Opinion rated Right) writer Jim Geraghty said that while the results were “ominous for the GOP,” they were “not reason for panic.” Geraghty argued that Tuesday’s elections were local, and thus could not be tied strongly to national politics: “How much were voters thinking about Biden when selecting a governor in Kentucky or state legislators in Virginia or New Jersey?”
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