American voters were asked about the economy. The overwhelming answer shows why they picked Trump over Harris
American voters were asked about the economy. The overwhelming answer shows why they picked Trump over Harris
Donald Trump beat Kamala Harris because voters who were concerned about the economy did what they often do—punish the incumbent party during the election.
Did any of them get asked by what MECHANISM they think any of this works, though?
Because they're grossly ignorant and still believe the debunked trickle down economics theory that fucking Reagan foisted on us all those years ago. And just like every other time they'll act shocked when the economy goes even more to shit and find some way to shift blame to literally anyone but the GOP lawmakers that are plundering their wealth.
Every president since Reagan, including Democrats, have been practicing Reaganomics.
Reagan simply rebranded an existing idea; trickle down used to be called Horse and Sparrow economics. This rigged game has been going on for a long time.
Everyone with a reason or responsibility to inform the public about the economy has not been effective enough.
- Why are eggs expensive? There has been an ongoing bird flu outbreak for the past four years. Government policy might be able to mitigate the impact some, but the virus does not care who is president.
- Why is rent expensive? Not enough housing, mostly, with a bit of facilitated collusion thrown in. The president has little to do with the former; if anything, Trump is more likely to tolerate the latter.
- Why is gas expensive? A president does have a big role here, but it's Putin, not Biden or Trump. It's also not up a whole lot from 5-6 years ago.
This. I don’t trust the general population to analyze the economy and decide which plan is better for the country.
It’s like one candidate explaining to toddlers that they need to eat their vegetables for long-term growth, while another one wins because they offer candies today.
Our domestic oil production is higher under Biden than Trump and we're a net exporter. What the fuck else would we do?
Lina Khan, best FTC chair in a generation, was also in the process of cracking down on algorithmic price fixing for rentals and other deceptive practices.
For the last point about gas, trump will be happy to give ukraine to russia and impiort the cheap russian gas.
He could also pull out of nato and save lot of money that he could then spend on subsidising fatmers.
also cutting funds to agencies like FDA and social programs allow him to move these funds elsewhere
the TLDR trump will probably be able to "improve the economy" but at expense of significantly weakening the country
I think it should be mandatory for voters to have knowledge of economics, so that we do not fall into stupidities.
Thats supposed to be part of public education, which is why the party of dumb people keeps gutting it. We have the system in place, its just intentionally broken.
Yep, a standardized test every decade would be nice, but that will never happen. They are under a dicatorship now
That would literally be a fascist move
On the one hand, our country is essentially doomed and we're about to death spiral.
On the other, If Trump does even a little of what he wants those of us evolved enough to be considered human will be able to have a really good "i told you so" moment.
I don't think it's worth it.
If you want real answers lets unpack why the Democrats messaging was to insist the economy is doing well when people have stagnant wages and have to spend more of their income by percent on food and housing. Everyone I know who makes about the same as me is completely unsurprised by this election, but the ones well off enough to believe the party line on the economy are completly shocked. This is the disconnect the dems need to address.
I don't get it though. "My wages are shit, so I'll vote for the hyper capitalist oligarchs who will make sure my wages stay shit".
Punching oneself in the face is not the cure for a bloody nose.
Americans have no concept of class or class struggle.
Trump didn't gain voters, Democrats lost voters. The people didnt see Kamalas message and switch to Trump, they saw her message and stayed home.
The problem, basically, is that people don't really have any clear sense of how political decisions actually affect things like wages and cost of living, but they have a very strong sense that political decisions must be having some effect on those things.
So when presented with the choice between "The situation we have" (which definitely sucks), and "something else" (which might suck) they opt for "something else".
That's what happens without class consciousness.
Are ppl really this fucking stupid, or is it just a front?
Unfortunately, yes. They think the person in the WH sets the prices of eggs.
I'd love to see some Jordan Klepper type of interviews of these people asking some follow-up questions about what they believe the mechanisms are...
They really are this stupid.
Telling us we were not struggling and everything is fine when we can see that's a lie didn't help.
Total upheaval is what they'll get then.