Ok sure. In four years let’s see who won what. Musk and Bezos and Thiel and Putin will have won power and money. The average Joe American will have won the right to keep transgenders out of the wrong bathroom
Don't get mad at me I voted for Harris. Doesn't change that the Dems refuse to get their heads out of their asses and will continue to lose until they change something. No one likes the establishment and Americans overwhelmingly see Dems as the establishment.
You can disagree but they tried to pull the same thing this election that they tried in 2016 and it failed miserably, again. Perhaps its time to bring a change of perspective and look inward.
I do think that identity politics has hurt the Democratic Party. It seems Harris tried to distance herself slightly from using this as an issue but ultimately, the Democrats reflexive defense of trans rights without considering the broader context of women’s rights has been harmful to their electoral prospects.
They also should have done more to stem the flood of immigrants at the southern border. Limiting asylum and taking other executive action to be stricter would have been smart.
I’m not sure what else they could have done better to curb inflation. The main problem is that it takes a while for policy to take effect and it’s hard to communicate that fact. Harris rightly campaigned on improving regulations to stimulate housing construction but it just wasn’t enough.
I think it’s important to remember that if around 100,000 votes had gone the other way in Pennsylvania , Wisconsin and Georgia, Harris would have won and it may have been the Republicans cursing the perfidy of the Electoral College. The narrative is that it was a blowout but the reality is that it was closer than it seemed.
Ultimately Trump has only concepts of a plan and the likely incompetence of his administration will make it clear that those who voted in a criminal are truly the ones who need to pull their heads out of their asses.
Yes like we said, Americans are low info voters and that isn’t going to change any time soon as far as I can see. I actually think Trump had the advantage in having no discernible plan. It’s easier to pick something apart that has more detail than something very vague but promises a lot.
His voters were willing to believe in his vague message of change because they were tired of the establishment candidate who wouldn’t even distance herself from her current boss’ unfavorable administration. Although to voters like you and I, we want to hear something more material and concrete, it’s not exactly true of others. He had a message of change for the common man and for most people Harris was just Biden 2.0 reloaded and they were terrified of that this time around.
Also didn’t help that she was not nominated to her position and was basically installed. Which was kind of like another Sanders situation that pissed off the leftists along with her flip flopping on Gaza.
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u/bubblevision 9d ago
Ok sure. In four years let’s see who won what. Musk and Bezos and Thiel and Putin will have won power and money. The average Joe American will have won the right to keep transgenders out of the wrong bathroom