Opinion | Voters punished Biden for problems he didn’t cause and effectively addressed
Opinion | Voters punished Biden for problems he didn’t cause and effectively addressed
The fight against rising prices has essentially been won. But few in the electorate seem aware.
Summary
President Joe Biden’s economic achievements—lowering inflation, reducing gas prices, creating jobs, and boosting manufacturing—are largely unrecognized by the public, despite his successes.
His tenure saw landmark legislation like the Inflation Reduction Act, CHIPS Act, and major infrastructure investments.
However, Biden's approval ratings remain low, attributed to inflation backlash, weak communication, and a media landscape prone to misinformation.
Democrats face a “propaganda problem” rather than a policy failure, with many voters likely to credit incoming President Trump for Biden’s accomplishments due to partisan messaging and social media dynamics.
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…no.
The DNC brain trust thought they could get away with ignoring an absolutely fucking HUGE part of their base. And they were fucking WRECKED for it.
Trump got just about the same number of votes as he did in the last election. Harris got 11M less votes than Biden got. ELEVEN. MILLION. PEOPLE. STAYED THE FUCK HOME. BECAUSE THEY SAW THE ESTABLISHMENT CIRCLEJERK. AND HARRIS FUCKING LEANED INTO IT. AND IGNORED THE VERY FUCKING REAL LIVED EXPERIENCE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS GETTING HOLLOWED OUT, AND THE LOWER CLASS CONTINUING TO GET CRUSHED TO DEATH.
And now we get to listen to pundits and DNC leadership and Biden admin people and Harris campaign people circlejerk themselves about how it wasn’t their fault, it was those goddamn progressives and the stupid Arab Americans who cared about Gaza too much.
Genuinely: fuck all the way off with that narrative. the Democratic Party snatched this defeat from the jaws of victory. There was a path to victory. They simply didn’t fucking take it.
Exactly, who thought it was a good idea to campaign with the fucking Cheneys???????
The same people who thought it was a good idea to run Biden again
The same party that thought Biden, whose career goals were the mass proliferation of student loans AND the legislation around making them forgiveable/dischargeable almost impossible, was a great symbol of student loan forgiveness.
Yes they tried but i mean how long can you campaign on tried? Doesn't matter because this election they didn't and it showed.
I think the bigger picture to look at, rather than who doesn't vote Dem, is to look at who didn't vote period and ask why. Why are almost 200 million people choosing not to vote. Why did 280 million people either not vote/not vote Dem?
The GOP/Republican party have abandoned any attempts to govern decades ago and now simply want to rule. Until things like citizens United are repealed there's no real way to fight through this because the waters are so muddy.
The DNC is working for their rich donors and doing a pretty decent job for them. They shouldn't act so surprised that people who aren't benefiting from the economy don't come out to support them.
they raised over a billion dollars to make it happen.. that's just bad management
That too - how in the fuck is the campaign 20M in debt?
thank fuck there’s at least one other angry & correct person online
you don’t get to capitulate to donald trump’s racist violent classist framing on everything for years and be held blameless after the fact.
Nailed it
I dunno been a republican and democrat voter throughout my life. The dnc did the right thing time by pointing democracy itself was on the line
Apparently we have enough people in this country who simply cannot appreciate the rights we have.
A bunch of really dumb Americanare about to realize what truly was on the line this time around.
You’re kinda missing the point of what I’m trying to say.
The total number of Trump voters barely moved. As a fraction of the total populace, it actually probably slightly decreased.
The total number of Democratic voters decreased by like 12%.
The DNC alienated their own base. People stayed home, and it made a difference.
Democraticy is on the line, so vote for the ruling party only. Or else you will get worse.
You see how maaaaaybe that was not a super stable platform? You might get an clue that people are angry and feel abandoned by the nation so that when running a campaign you should not TELL EVERYONE HOW GREAT IT IS!.
I dunno been a republican and democrat voter throughout my life. The dnc did the right thing time by pointing democracy itself was on the line
By forcing a candidate down our throats that no one voted for