Across the country this autumn, Republicans threw Democrats on defence with an advertising blitz focused on crime
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskAt long last the moderator releases him and turns for a rebuttal to the supremely rational Democratic governor of Massachusetts, Michael Dukakis, played by Jon Lovitz. Mr Lovitz shakes his head, raises both hands palms up in a gesture of helplessness, looks into the camera and says, “I can’t believe I’m losing to this guy.”
That reality has been obscured for months by another midterm dynamic that is almost as predictable: the party in power tends to talk itself into believing this time things will be different. The Democrats saw two factors disrupting the pattern this year.
So Democrats have reason to wonder what they are doing wrong. Former President Barack Obama says Democrats can be a “buzzkill”, annoying people with outrage at minor mistakes. Senator Bernie Sanders says Democrats must sharply contrast their economic plan with Republicans’. What is also clear is that Democrats need, once again, to learn from the travails of Mr Dukakis.
Across the country this fall, Republicans threw Democrats on defence with an advertising blitz focused on crime. They spent $64.5m on such ads in the first three weeks of October alone, one-quarter their total spent on ads in that period, according to. With some types of crime on the rise after Democrats flirted with radical-chic ideas such as defunding the police, it was a predictable attack. But many Democrats were caught flat-footed.
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