(#6316) Big day today for primary elections in the US.

      Today will give all of us a new data point for seeing how the blue democratic wave is faring. Will it continue to drive turnout for democrats? There will be enough elections around the country to see if indeed the trend to drive democrats to the voting booths is still with momentum. The republicans on the other hand are fighting amongst themselves over their degree of loyalty to trump. There focus has been intraparty politics not inclusionary ones. It is a strange dynamic where one party, the democrats are reaching out to all citizens for inclusion and the other party, republicans. are not interested in what the majority of Americans want or need from their candidates.
     I know the trump administration is arrogant and condescending but how can they not know that outreach is their only hope to win if they don't work to achieve it? My guess is that they don't know or don't care because something else is afoot. I will continue to support the concept that the trump administration still thinks that the average American still supports him and he doesn't need to press them or encourage them to continue that support. Anything beyond that would be nefarious and even though I wouldn't be surprised by such an eventuality I mostly doubt it. So tonight will be a snapshot going into summer just how the mood of the nation has evolved.
     There will be two narratives I will be waiting to see. Will democrats and independents supporting democrats continue to turnout in record numbers; and will republicans oust the most vocal against trump and instead install more trump friendly candidates. With democrats and like minded independents the continued growth in voters actually voting is huge if the trump administration is to be curtailed. The greater the turnout for democratic friendly voters the better chance the republicans will be reduced into the minority in Congress. As to the republican purging of anti trump candidates, I suspect it will occur but with mixed results. Either way with republicans though they will not have much luck come the general election in November if the democratic blue wave is still riding high!