According to the polls it was the economy that motivated voters the most and dems lost voters because of high inflation during Bidens term causing voters to think it was Bidens policies causing inflation.

Republican ads specifically blamed Bidens ‘progressive radically leftist’ policies.

They actually showed up to vote

That seems to be the intention behind the “democrats didn’t go far enough left” narrative coming from lemmy.ml. Convince the left to not vote unless they get something that will lose democrats votes elsewhere.

Cuban missle crisis 2.0