Kerry Eleveld
12/02/22
(Daily Kos) The more we learn about the 2022 midterms, the clearer it becomes just how off the mark many pundits and strategists were in their pre-election analysis of the dynamics. As it turned out, Axe’s let’s-stick-our-heads-in-the-sand hot take was entirely off the mark. New post-election polling of 71 highly competitive House districts conducted by Impact Research for the progressive PACs End Citizens United and Let America Vote shows just how heavily issues of democracy weighed on voters, serving to both juice turnout and sway independents—a dream combination by any operative’s measure.