My biggest fear about the 2022 election is not that conditions will be that political and economic conditions will be difficult for Democrats–for reasons I have explained a few times I don’t think that will be the case–but that good candidates are not getting ready to run in state legislative races and political contributors are not getting ready to fund them beause that wrongly fear that it will be a bad year, (And it doesn’t help that we don’t know what the district lines will be now and won’t for about another two weeks.)
Political scientists have shown that this dynamic explains part of the problem with mid-term elections for the party that holds the presidency. In other words, the failure of parties in those elections is a self-fulflilling prophecy.
Don’t let that happen. If you are thinking of running for the General Assembly in 2022, do it. If you are unsure of whether to send a check to the folks who are running, do it.
As a great man once said, the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.