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The last Democrat to run for office and lose a consecutive term, was Jimmy Carter. Remember that Biden dropped out and didn't run (which is what happened with Lyndon Johnson).

Yes voters have switched back and forth but again, using PA as an example, when GOP governor Tom Corbett (who came in during the 2010 teabagger wave) lost his election for a 2nd term to Democrat Tom Wolf (who went on to also win a 2nd term), that was the first time in half a century, that PA didn't automatically reelect their governor for 2 terms (since the option was made available). Since that time, another first was electing TWO of the same party consecutively for governor here (in this case, Democrats), where (D) Josh Shapiro succeeded Tom Wolf, and has a good chance of being reelected for a 2nd term this year.

So I think there shouldn't be misjudging of the extreme and draconian changes that have happened this past year - quite a lot actually impacting the "average" person, even down to the sudden roundups and deportations of their favorite restaurant and food cart owners... or the sudden demands to build "datacenters" and "detention facilities" on land adjacent to many red suburban/rural areas...

Meaning the "hyperbole and rhetoric of politics" have actually touched them for the first time (outside of the usual "the prices are too high" mantra that punctuates every Presidential term).