Family is usually not the best place to explore the political landscape because: 1. your family is almost certainly layman 2. it’s intertwined with other interpersonal conflict.

About your interaction. Just because someone mentions a thought does mean they are ready to take action to fix it. Their real concern may be “isn’t it disappointing that we live on a society where we can be tracked?” rather than “please give me some tips I can use to mitigate the ability to track me”.

Team dynamics are real but they are certainly not uniquely characteristic of what you’re referring to.

yes. If people who often vote dem are not motivated to show up that hurts their chances.

Low turnout means the party isn’t that excited about their candidate leading

yes, please do listen I don’t think you will come to the same conclusions as this poster’s laughable psychologism

I do not believe their failure was purely poor economic timing. This sounds similar to the “Hilary and an unlucky night” narrative.

Casual racism.