A Democratic Strategy That Funds Extreme Candidates May Have Influenced The Midterm Elections
As the Washington Post reported in September, national Democratic groups and political action committees (PACs) spent tens of millions of dollars in eight states to elevate Republicans who hold extreme positions on abortion rights and support the conspiracy theory that Trump won the 2020 elections. Although Tuesday’s midterm elections were extremely close and votes are still being counted in several races, Democrats fared much better than predicted in the weeks leading up to the election....