That slates of election deniers will win not just House seats, but critical local offices controlling elections. Combined with the upcoming SC case which could potentially allow state legislatures to throw out popular election results based on nothing but partisan preference (I guess depending on interpretations of the decision).

I also think dems should be thinking about their inability to hold the line on suburban women (if that happens) even after Dobbs, why they seem to be losing non-white men to Trumpism (according to reporting I’ve seen), etc. In other words, somehow, they are turning off voting blocks they thought they’d hold into the future. Inflation explains a lot, and to a very large extent, they own it only because they’re in power. Other things help to explain it too.

Dems are trying to grapple with all kinds of social issues. They need grappling, and they’re not easy. Racial issues, policing issues. If their approaches are costing them elections, then theses things will not improve. Even if isolated examples are being amplified out of proportion and/or being mischaracterized, and weaponized against them. Most dems seem to agree about the stakes right now, so they gotta be more careful imo about putting headwinds in front of themselves.