Originally Posted by iahflyr

I live in one of 8 neighboring house districts that voted Republican since the 1930’s that swung to Democratic control in 2018 and haven’t looked back (except for 1 district in 1 election). The reason? Trump and TCJA raised their taxes significantly.

The Democratic passed IRA increased 2022 proposed increasing the SALT cap from 10k to 80k per year, which would have cut taxes for many middle and upper middle class people who saw their taxes increase under TCJA. Double taxation is wrong. Unfortunately 1 senator was able to change that. Good riddance Joe Manchin. Don’t let the door hit you in the *** on the way out!

If Republicans are able to pass tax reform in 2025 that removes or substantially raises the SALT cap, then I will be back to voting for the party I most align with (The GOP). Until then, I’m still voting Democrat.

Republicans have 220-215 seat majority in the house this congress. That is the slimmest house majority in history. In an election that was supposedly a landslide mandate for the GOP. It will get as low as 217-215 with Gaetz resigning and 2 others taking positions in the new administration. If TCJA didn’t implement a SALT cap, I suspect Republicans would have won by much larger margins in the house as they did in the senate and for the president.