I'm a fan of Dems promoting their economic proposals but let's not kid ourselves: the claim that voters prioritize good economic policy fails to explain how Trump won with an economic platform of gibberish, lies, and bad ideas. Voters were presented a bucket of dog vomit and said "looks delicious."
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No the fascists won't make the trains run on time. The GOP is bad for the economy and doesn't reduce crime. Lying is bad and politicians who do it beazenly shouldn't be trusted.
“Bucket of dog’s vomit… known liar, fraud, adjudicated rapist, felon, self-proclaimed pussy grabber & pageant peeper w mysterious fondness for Putin who tried to overthrow an election”
Versus “Qualified, articulate Black woman w solid plans”
They chose the former.
Pundit: Trump is offering dig vomit.
Voter: lololol!!!! But it's not *really* dog vomit! Is it? [Tastes dog vomit, retches]. But it's better than what "they" are pushing!
Pundit: It's what you say is your favorite thing.
Voter: She's just pandering!!!
"Young people are in a hurry and often seem to display an impulse to demand immediate change, action “right now.”
https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/psychology-and-history/202410/are-young-voters-lazy-or-just-misunderstood?amp
People didn't understand that's what will happen; tweaking Dem messaging won't fix that.
And a lot of people who voted for Trump are about to experience it.
The really unfortunate part is that we must experience it along with them.
I honestly believe the majority of voters who felt “heard” by him couldn’t pass an 8th grade civics test.
I really think a lot of people are going to be shocked to discover what they just voted for.
I plan on being strategically smug in pointing this out if I hear any of them complaining. Why else to expect they’ll learn w/ media indifference?
Also, Democrats are snobby. I am a democrat and I am working on my snobby
But I have no clue how to synthesize those in our wholly broken media / information environment.
basically going "fuck it, burn it down"
Dems won’t win until they create a noise machine as effective as the GOP. Including doing the work to ensure they have dozens of opinion writers ready to blast every single talking point.
https://bsky.app/profile/npadiak.bsky.social/post/3lae2hycllp2i
They see things are expensive and believe the moron who says that he can magically make them cheaper, even though the two big proposals will make them more expensive
https://archive.ph/swx9v
This time is no different. Voters didn't like the economy and punished the party in power. It ain't deep.
This is why Trump lost in 2020 and Harris did in 2024. Campaigns are mostly irrelevant.