Why the Dems Took a Beating

A lot of commentary about the drubbing the Democrats took in last Tuesday's elections has focused on the electorate's rejection of Democrat priorities and a concern that the issues of most concern to the average voter aren't of particular interest to Democrats.

Indeed, many voters seem to think that the Democrats are actually exacerbating the problems average folks are facing.

For instance, the Democrats' priorities seem to be:

• Climate change
• Universal preschool
• LGBTQ rights
• Weakening law enforcement
• Passing a massive spending bill that the country can't afford
• Forcing everyone to get vaccinated
• Limiting individual freedoms
• Racial hypochondria/Identity politics

Whereas the average voter is probably much more concerned with:

• What their children are being taught in school
• The price of gas and food
• Empty store shelves and understaffed stores and restaurants
• The chaos on our southern border
• Crime in the streets
• Protecting freedom of speech, religion and the right to bear arms

As long as the Democrats continue to obsess over issues that seem irrelevant or threatening to most Americans they can probably expect the electorate in 2022 to treat them just as rudely as they were treated last Tuesday.