If we want to win elections, read this!-----Big Picture, 2022 Midterm Elections Highlight the Distinct Difference Between Ballots and Votes - The Last Refuge

Big Picture, 2022 Midterm Elections Highlight the Distinct Difference Between Ballots and Votes - The Last Refuge

"As the political discussion centers on the 2022 wins and losses from the midterm election, one thing that stands out in similarity to the 2020 general election is the difference between ballots and votes. 

It appears in some states this is the ‘new normal.’

• Where votes were the focus, the Biden administration suffered losses. 
• Where ballots were the focus, the Biden administration won.

Perhaps the two states most reflective of ‘ballots’ being more important than ‘votes’ are Michigan and Pennsylvania...
Whitmer and Fetterman were not campaigning for votes, that is old school. 

Instead, the machinery behind both candidates focused on the modern path. 

The Democrat machines in both states focused on ballot collection and ignored the irrelevant votes as cast...

• The effort to attain votes for candidates is less important than the strategy of collecting ballots.
• It should be emphasized; these are two distinctly different election systems...