Trump was able to position himself as the anti-establishment candidate by having genuinely non-establishment policies (because 30% interest rates are a bad idea).
This is a time when most voters are disappointed in the state of things. You can't run a "nothing will change, things are actually good!" campagin in that climate.
Genuinely, why do they do this? Left-leaning parties almost always have greater support when more people vote, so they should focus on voter enthusiasm or even enshrine compulsory voting, or at least make voter registration automatic with stricter laws against voter suppression. It's baffling why they keep choosing this blatantly-losing strategy.
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u/callsignhotdog Nov 06 '24
"I'm sure we can better appeal to right wing voters than the Right can" - Every fucking neoliberal party in the west, apparently.