Republicans Struggle Without The Suburbs
RALEIGH — When midterm avalanches crush incumbent parties, it isn’t useful to assign the blame to a single rock. When Democrats got flattened in the 1994 and 2010 cycles, their fate was sealed not only by policy overreaches on healthcare reform — by Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, respectively — but also by economic worries, cultural controversies, and impolitic comments by the president and his team. When Republicans got walloped in 1974, 2006, and 2018, there were multiple factors, as well, from the perceived malfeasance and scandals of administrations to painful price inflation and unpopular foreign policies.
