Reply #5: Occam's Razor: the most simple explanation is preferred.

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The Democratic losses of yesterday do not need to be explained away with any grand conspiracies, electoral fraud, or stolen elections. The mood of the country was ugly against incumbents and Democrats in particular. Combine that with the ordinary human mistakes and missteps made in any election and there is a simple explanation for the loss.

There are certainly many to blame for the loss, but there is no reason to suspect "moles" or to make any one person or group a sacrificial lamb for the losses. It's politics, it's life, shit happens. Sometimes you just lose, but you don't give up. The Republicans certainly didn't give up when they lost everything 2 years ago and people here were dancing on their grave claiming the GOP was finished.

I don't think either political party is going to gain absolute dominance and within any 10 years there will be a lot of back and forth controlling houses of Congress or the presidency. The electorate is impatient and when they do not perceive things getting done quickly enough to their liking their mood will be to throw the bums out.