You can’t say the 2022 midterms weren’t a success. We removed Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House.

Pelosi: "I will not seek re-election to Democratic leadership in the next Congress." pic.twitter.com/Cr244MLcbN

— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) November 17, 2022

It wasn’t the Red Tsunami we expected, but Republicans got five million more votes than the Democrats, which was a 12 million vote swing from 2020. That’s an amazing number. This American Spectator piece by Scott McKay is a must-read.

It Isn’t Time to Care Who the 2024 Nominee Is by Scott McKay @TheHayridehttps://t.co/C4lwYF2E3z

— The American Spectator (@amspectator) November 16, 2022

The Democrats get out the vote effort was far superior to ours. The GOP has to learn how to harvest ballots. That’s what makes the difference now in close elections.

The miracle of the ‘22 midterm is that GOP will take the House *in spite* of Democrats’ gargantuan ballot harvesting advantage. That is a testament to the enormous depths of Joe Biden’s unpopularity.

— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) November 16, 2022

We need to pay far more attention to how Democrats are rigging election through rule changes, like ranked-choice voting in Alaska which handed the Democrats a House seat and stole a senate seat from Kelly Tshibaka.

Ranked choice voting has now passed in a blue state, a red state, and a purple state, along with dozens of cities. It’s the most viable, substantive reform to make our democratic system more representative of the electorate.

— John Arnold (@JohnArnoldFndtn) November 12, 2022

Republicans are set up for success in 2024 no matter who the presidential nominee turns out to be, but it won’t happen unless we get much more sophisticated in how we turn out and collect votes.

And we have to stop the spread of rigged elections like we had in Alaska.

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