I spent all of yesterday registering new voters here in Groton. A slow day on that front, but to be expected, given the fact that there were only local elections taking place. I’ll be doing the same thing next year, and I very much doubt I’ll be able to play multiple Sudoko games, read a book, and engage in extended uninterrupted conversations with my co-workers, as I did yesterday. Last year we had a steady stream of new voters, and I expect next year will be a repeat of that, particularly if a certain very stable genius is not yet in jail, though the new provisions for early voting may offset that a bit.
A few weeks ago I wrote about the fact that it seemed likely that the Democrats here in Groton would do well, while the Republicans might get shut out, and I wondered if it was indicative of things going on, if not nationwide, then in the portions of the country where the Zeitgeist is still somewhat sane.
Bear in mind that before the advent of the aforementioned genius, local politics here in Groton was usually dominated by the Republicans.
Yesterday the Democrats swept in an unprecedented fashion. The only seats the Republicans won were those set aside for minority representation. Even the Independent Party, which I mentioned in my previous post, which was composed primarily of Republican wolves in the sheep’s clothing of a third party, failed to elect a single candidate. That really surprised me, as their signs were ubiquitous, and some of their names well known. Though I have no hard data to back this up, I really think that the extent of that victory reflects the fact that quite a few people are so turned off by Republicans generally that they are not going to consider voting for a Republican, at least as long as the Republicans are the party of the crazies.
Nationally, it appears that Democrats did pretty well, though I note from some of the blogs I follow that the major media must emphasize that they did so despite Joe Biden’s unpopularity, an unpopularity that I would guess is evanescent and will disappear once people come to terms with the fact that it’s him, Trump, or whatever idiot the Republicans nominate if Trump is in jail.
If Republicans were rational they’d try to drift a bit toward sanity and giving people what they want, but that’s not likely to happen. If next year’s election isn’t stolen, and it very well may be (they always do what they accuse others of doing) I think we’ll do well.
UPDATE: My wife just got a tweet from Chris Murphy. He says that the Dems flipped Danbury, Fairfield, Wethersfield, Newington, Old Lyme, Cromwell, Clinton, Brookfield and Colchester on Tuesday, and that’s only a partial list of the flips. Again, I have no evidence to back this up, but I suspect this has little to do with the quality of the local candidates, but a lot to do with the fact that national Republicans are turning people off and the locals are paying the price. As they should. The Republican Party is now the party of fascism, and there’s no excuse for affiliating with it. People generally, at least in the sane states, are starting to get it.
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