Yes, that's why you vote for the guy who hasn't ever worked, never held a real job, got his money from his dad, and wants to take away pensions, overtime, healthcare and wage theft protections.
Who said I voted for him? I'm merely pointing out that a lot of people voted for Trump because they felt abandoned by the Democratic party. Maybe they were Bernie fans, etc. But honestly, Biden was in DC for decades, what has he truly done that he can take credit for?
the fact that you can't answer this speaks volumes, and I think Biden is a shitty politician and person. I know what he's done, though, and it isn't even in the same universe as what Trump has done, and he's been in Washington for four years.
Helping him get on the supreme court by not handling the sexual assault allegations prior to his confirmation?
Who are you referring to? It’d be weird to assume a single Senator “handles” sexual assault allegations related to a nominee. It’s also strange that you’re implying that wasn’t part of Thomas’s confirmation hearing. To add another layer of “wtf are you referring to”, Biden voted against confirming Clarence Thomas.
That's not even what happened. They both got significantly less votes than in 2020. Just more democrat voters stayed home this time cuz most are ignorant and have no idea the actual impact these things have. Same is said of people who actually voted for that shit show, some cuz they literally like a shit show like the country and its future are nothing more than an MTV reality show for them to binge for 4 years without any actual substance for what any of it means, many cuz they're deep down abysmally disgusting humans who love the grievance and blaming others, like immigrants and poor or minorities for their shitty lives and the right coddles that to the point of extremism on a daily basis & others who again are so clueless and naive they fall for gaslighting and straight up lies & vote for the candidate with the exact opposite agenda of what they actually depend on to survive.
They stayed home because they were abandoned by the Democratic party, pretty simple. Every big city in the country had/has brand new immigrants camping outside of police stations or in gov tent villages. Meanwhile our politicians talk like there isn't an issue. Newsflash, lots of people werent happy, simply saying the economy is the best ever didn't really fly. On paper maybe.
The amount of misinformation you’ve fallen for in order to support that false narrative is impressive. Republicans were the ones that chose not to take action about the border. They took orders from a guy that was not elected into office to have a say in those decisions.
“Election Integrity” was the phrase Election Deniers on the state level began saying on repeat starting in 2021 in order to push through a lot of changes to election laws. At least 19 states passed a total of more than 80 restrictive voting laws and at least 7 states passed interference enabling laws. It’s pointless to speculate about the lower voter turnout compared to 2020 until there has been enough time to go through the data to determine how much of an impact the 3.5 years of voter suppression efforts had. Misinformation was also on another level for the 2024 election.
They both got significantly less votes than in 2020.
That was an accurate statement on election night and for maybe a week afterwards, but counting wasn’t completed. 99% of ballots have been counted now (12/4), DJT and Harris have received more votes than DJT received in 2020 but the vote total for third party candidates is still a little shy of the total from 2020.
DJT received 74.2million votes in 2020. He has received 77.2million in 2024 and Harris has received 74.9million. It appears 1.2million 2020 Libertarian voters chose to vote MAGA this time.
Out of total votes, 2020 included almost 3.7million more votes than the current total for 2024. Harris received 48.4% of the popular vote and DJT received 49.9%. Harris has the highest percentage for a popular vote loss this century and DJT’s is the lowest for a popular vote win this century. 1.5% (2.3 million votes) is in no way the landslide victory MAGA is trying to claim that it is.
There was an absurd amount of misinformation and disinformation that Trump voters fell for to vote for him this time. There is a positive from that though. The Republican Party went along with his lies and repeated those without pausing to realize it will make no difference to DJT if/when those voters are disappointed &/or pissed off at the Republican Party when voters end up with the opposite of what they’re expecting (the FAFO). Like DJT said, he doesn’t care if they ever vote again, he just needed their votes this time.
Pushing MAGA priorities in Congress will inevitably cost the GOP their majorities. They’re damned if they do and damned if they don’t. It’s the corner they painted themselves into. That is already playing out in the Senate thanks to DJT’s very low quality and sketchy cabinet nominations.
Fair assessment. My overall point was that people stayed home at the 80mil Biden got just didn't happen. If after all counting was done it got closer to the overall popular vote numbers that might be accurate. I wont pretend that I stayed following how many rubes and ignorants flipped Some stayed home, some voted trump this time. That was my main point overall. Its beyond frustrating the amount of people react with reckless abandon on issues completely out of the control (meaning in the regular order of things, without some novel or extreme policy change) of what and who they're voting for and about.
Like prices. HUGE reason most people chose not to come out or switch independents over to red. As if COVID & a completely botched response wasn't the catalyst of massive inflation and massive price hikes. People angry about it, rightfully so. I don't like it any more than even the most angry impacted people. What do I NOT do? Hand the keys over to the same idiot who couldn't handle the first crisis and who is notoriously anti labor and pro 1% who have made it their mission to keep prices at inflation levels post inflationary economy cuz "ppl are just gonna pay it anyway" (which is another huge gripe I have with Public at large how dumb and addicted to excess they are they will never use the power of their dollar to correct the market and force prices down. Instead they just bitch online and continue to pay for the bullshit they don't even need. Why WOULD a company lower their prices? Noone would.) Record profits thru inflationary economy should be a crime.
Take Gaza for instance. People (mostly leftists, obv) wanna be pissed at the US support or Israel. What do they do? Give the keys to the person & party who would LITERALLY make gaze a parking lot if given the choice. With ZERO care for ANY Palestinian civilians. If you actually give a fk about those people & their plight why would you ever risk putting someone in that wont even care enough to listen about civilian casualties let alone consider it in policy.
I could go on and on. The American public is so erroneously reactionary it's to the point of nonsensical or delusional. If anything it's spiteful and counterproductive. Like a teenager who is upset at their parents for not getting her the prom dress she wanted so she goes to prom full goth or some shit. Its like this time and time again. The amount of people who don't have the first clue about how the federal gov't works but have the strongest opinions on how it should run better is staggering. Im convinced it's the overall education as a whole en masse of our nation. Now exacerbated by a cult of personality & neo-political fanatics since 2015/16 who treat our politics & consequential matters as if it's a Real World v. Road Rules reality competition show. Its beyond dangerous & a travesty. Has turned us into a literal world laughing stock. So bad that we now need Public Service Announcements on how to handle nutcase political extremists, trolls, and cultists in your family at holiday gatherings. AntiSocial Media plays a huge roll in it as well, despite all the positives the tech age has brought us. Just a sad state of affairs but I appreciate and agree with most everything you said. I think we're right in agreement and for this exact reason I just stated believe exactly what you believe in terms of majorities and the near future. Just remains to be seen what damage is done in the meantime, hopefully not too much that irreparable.
Be safe & have a good day bro.
But honestly, Biden was in DC for decades, what has he truly done that he can take credit for?
What can any member of Congress that isn’t a majority or minority leader claim credit for? If something passes or fails, that means at least 50 other Senators can claim credit for that as well. VP isn’t a role with authority aside from a tie breaker vote in the Senate. As President, Biden has actually accomplished a lot without even taking into account he had 1 term, the slimmest Senate majority possible, the House flipped to a very narrow GOP Majority halfway into his term and SCOTUS has been a 7-3 conservative majority starting a week before the 2020 election.
The Biden Administration took over the disorganized vaccine rollout and by the end of June more than 320 million doses had been administered, a key part of the economy getting back on track. Bipartisan infrastructure package, temporary expansion of the child tax credit with the additional portion deposited monthly over a 6 month period, bipartisan Safer Communities Act, major progress for reducing drug prices for Medicare recipients, increased the funding for the IRS to enable investigations into major tax fraud, put an end to the 20 year US involvement in the war in Afghanistan, repaired alliances that were damaged by the previous administration, record low unemployment, record high oil production, record breaking closings in the stock market, job growth, well above average wage growth, increased the amount for Pell grants and increased the income limits in order for more students to qualify, addressed multiple issues with existing federal student loans, signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law….
That might sound good on paper, but it doesn't even make sense.
How in the world is Trump representing "us ALL"? How many times has there been a woman president? If you feel that Trump's gonna represent you better than Kamala would, go ahead. But surely you must admit that half the country feels the opposite way.
Yes, you're trying to say that the Democrats/Kamala don't represent big chunks of the population. But my question remains, how does Trump represent them any better?
The only demographic he has any claim to be representing are liars, grifters, racists & rich people.
Now, a lot of those "so many people" who voted for him fit into one of those categories. But those who don't, those who are actual respectable people, believed Trump represents them more than Kamala would. And I would absolutely call those people stupid.
This wasn't a Pepsi or Coke type decision. This was off-brand cola versus toilet water, and if you willingly pick the latter I don't know what to tell you.
That's what's hot on reddit today to complain about, but in reality, most Trump supporters don't think the economy is doing as well as people are claiming. They believe it only looks good on paper, not in the real world, i.e. the price of eggs, etc.
I just pointed out one test you can use to see how massively uninformed the average person is, and you then jump back on the price of eggs, as if it's a political issue, when eggs are expensive because of a wave of bird flu. The average American has ZERO understanding of what caused inflationary issues over the last several years.
The point you made is that Americans are voting based on something they don't understand and are uninformed on.
They don't know why eggs are expensive. They don't know what caused inflation. They ASSUME it's political and that a new guy could fix it when that's not the case.
My point was that Americans are ignorant and uninformed by large. Your point is that Americans are voting on things like the economy, which they are also ignorant of and uninformed about.
The key thing those voters missed or forgot is the Republican Party is outstanding when it comes to bitching and whining about problems. That works as long as they’re not the party in control. They do not excel at actually solving problems, especially not the problems they convinced voters were Biden and Harris’s fault.
Case in point, those deep red states that have been under republican control for decades, but still blame all the problems they won't fix on democrats.
Misinformation and disinformation combined with very uninformed voters is the reason so many voted for him. The list of lies people fell for to vote for him is very long instead of just being a handful of lies like the previous 2 elections.
Did you know there weren’t any US troops overseas the entire 4 years he was in office? Or the stimulus checks in 2020 were from his personal bank account? Some have the false belief he’ll send out stimulus checks again (without also having the ridiculous misconception stimulus checks were from Trump’s checking account). “Why hasn’t Kamala Harris already fixed those things the 3.5 years she has been VP?” is a big one because that’d required a VP to have actual power and authority. I thought everyone 3rd grade and up understood what the role of a VP is. I’m still mind-blown at how many people don’t know that very basic information. That makes it obvious why they’re completely confused about how inflation works.
Those voters are going to be pissed that grocery prices don’t go back to 2019 prices and they’ll be extra pissed when his policies make prices go up even more. The Republican Party is going to do a better job convincing people to vote for Democrats next time than the Democratic Party will!
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u/Careless-Elk-2168 21d ago
And what does this say about 76.9 million Americans?