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Disastrous Democratic Campaigns: The Democrats were widely criticized for running some of the worst campaigns in recent memory, with uninspiring candidates, an incoherent message, and a general disconnect from the concerns of average Americans. As one panelist put it, the Democrats "had literally one of the worst campaigns ever."
Economic Woes: The panel agreed that the state of the economy, with rising costs of living, high inflation, and gas prices, was a major driver for voters to turn against the incumbent Democratic administration. As one panelist noted, "people would just notice that the cost of gas, of groceries and things like that would go up."