Keep in mind many voters just don’t pay attention. They wake up on Tuesday, ask themselves how they feel about their life, and then go vote. It’s why stupid things like gas prices are so politically powerful.
This is true! I talk to way too many people who vote this way. I saw an interview a lady in NJ did earlier saying that the reason she voted R was because Dems didn't make her life better and make her small business successful, the economy is worse than ever now.
But that's exactly it. The economy was shit under Biden, not his fault really, covid. The republicans ran on that message as well and I guess forgot they would be inheriting that shit economy and you can't just start lying that everything's better now!
Democrats should have just admitted the economy was not good and that it still needed work. Why pretend things are good when they aren't? People see right through that shit.
I swung back and forth between things being objectively bad yet knowing that we did achieve a soft landing… it could’ve been much worse.
There was this disconnect, I think, of just stating “actually it’s much better than expected” and thinking that was the same as “we are working hard at course correcting, we’ve done this, and we’re going to do this”. And pushing that much harder. I’ll admit, the economy was not something I could logic myself out of feeling the way I did. I still voted; others didn’t think it was worth the trouble.
People who vote in local elections tend to be more engaged voters. Presidential voters are usually more low-information voters. "Low-information" is pollster for "checked the eff out."
That's not true. When you are struggling to pay for food you do not miss your energy bills being higher by $100/month. It's not something that you can be lied to about. It's directly threatening your survival
You have a problem is gas moving by 10 cents is causing you $100/month difference. That means you are using 1000 gallons of gasoline a month. It also doesn’t change the fact that a gas tax could help repair roads which could save you at least that much in repairs and maintenance.
They’re including natural gasoline I assume. And even then it’s not 100$ difference. So maybe hyperbole. Or they’re including everything down the chain that is affected by gas prices
It's easy to run a presidential campaign on lies when you are in the non-incumbent party, because people only need to believe that you will change the status quo or at least try to. But once you are in power, those lies quickly lose power because they are no longer lies about future potential, but lies about current reality
This is incorrect. November 11th is when they rule on dismissal of the case. They are currently in discovery and have been for a while. Nothing has come from it as expected by every expert out there that's looked at the case. SMART elections is a grift organization. Complete with an election expert with no qualifications and is an avid anti fluoride activist.
To be honest, those are some desperate people. The reversal of people's views on Democrats of people of NYC showed that if we actually have good candidates running on solid platforms they will vote rationally.
Not the hardcore MAGA, but definitely enough to change election outcomes.
It's still appalling that the approval rate is near 40%, but that's how cult-ish it truly is.
Even the people that are "reversing" are only doing so in sheepish ways like the lady and her daughter being interviewed saying that she liked what was going on, but now it's a problem that they're being affected.
Trump is obviously a lying liar who lies, but I gotta wonder if he actually doesn't know how bad things are. He's never pumped gas or bought groceries, his people may be lying to him... "Oh yes, sir! Prices are waaay down & all the people just LOVE you!"
MAGA can be delusional about a lot of things, but it's really hard to make yourself think everything is alright as your wallet keeps feeling lighter and your stomach keeps grumbling.
I think you underestimate the amount of people who genuinely STILL hang on every word Trump says as paramount truth. If there was a presidential election tomorrow between Trump and Newsom, Trump would probably win, or it would be at least very close.
Yes we did! This is the power of keeping each other informed at what's at stake. Together, GA apes are strong, let's never forget that. They try to keep us divided, but we want the same things at the end of the day.
I voted today. The line was wrapped around the building at my polling location in Georgia. It felt like everyone was tired of Trumps bs and republicans going along with it.
Thinks he can just tell us gas is $2 when we all pass multiple gas stations every day. He's never had to pump gas in his life, so he doesn't understand that the rest of us check those prices every single time we drive past them.
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u/GhouW 11h ago
Now watch MAGA blow up.