so for years now we've seen a, you know, a very passionate activist right wing republican base that's able to tilt low turnout primaries towards candidates with some would say extreme views. and then those candidates are not electable in a general election. and this was happening long before trump came along. now trump has been a kingmaker in the primaries. he has shaped the republican party in his image. he has gotten a lot of previously sort of run of the mill republican candidates to turn into just supporters of trump through and through. and he's also elevated some candidates that might previously not have been considered mainstream by either anointing them or, you know, having them sort of create themselves in his image. but i think a primary is very different beast in a general election. and as we're seeing with some of these special elections where everybody votes, not just republican primary voters, that's where we're starting to see this backlash brew and this election in suburban ohio is very reminiscent of the special election in pennsylvania earlier this year where you had a deep red district go for a democratic candidate almost entirely, there are other factors, but almost
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