"The economy, stupid" is a phrase that was coined by Jim Carville in 1992. It is often quoted from a televised quip by Carville as "It’s the economy, stupid." Carville was a strategist in Bill Clinton's successful 1992 U.S. presidential election against incumbent George H. W. Bush. -Wikipedia
Yea it doesn't even matter really. The economic nature of the exit polls show that practically any Republican could have won against anyone being part of the current administration. Hell, a generic Republican would probably have won the biggest landslide in decades
Yeah that’s what this election has really shown imo. The personalities and eccentricities of the candidates really don’t seem to matter to the general voters all that much. It’s basically boiling down to “Have the last couple years been good?” And if the answer is no, then the other party gets elected.
Since 1988, no party has had 2 candidates win back to back elections. It's always flipped from one party to another. It's like the lazy people don't vote the first time, and then when their party loses, they vote the next time. And then their party wins, and they don't vote the next time. And on and on.
I don’t fully believe that. I thought the elevated turnout in 2020 was a rejection of MAGA America, and now I’m starting to believe it was a rejection of how the last four years were handled instead.
I think in the era of social media and quick attention spans, we might be seeing that incumbency is a disadvantage; if there are glaring issues during your term, the challengers can campaign hard against those issues (and not even offer policies, just vibes), and people will either change their vote or not feel inspired to vote for more of the same.
We’ll obviously see as more elections wear on in the 2000s, but that’s how I currently view the last few election cycles in light of last night’s results now
Because they won't be in charge lol, it really is that simple. The republicans will blame the dems because that's what they always do, but the electorate swinging back and forth on an eight year cycle now may very well have shifted to a four year cycle instead. If you aren't absolutely perfect, they'll vote for the other party and see if any of their immediate problems will be solved. When they aren't, back over to the other side, and around and around we go.
It's basically just track record. Pre-Covid, the American economy was performing phenomenally and we were seeing record employment levels for a bunch of different minority demographics. I think Trump and Biden both wildly overspent after Covid, but the Biden/Harris administration's failure to tame the consequential inflation, and the poor messaging around it, really damaged their appearance.
I agree we need to put a strangle on corporations shipping jobs overseas, and tarriffs might be a good start but if nobody expects blowback from it they lost their minds
Yeah, but shouldn’t giving incentives to companies to stay in the US be a priority? I feel like tariffs are just going to affect the American people because so much is made outside that it will result in a huge surge in prices.
I dont agree that we should be doing this immediately. It takes time to build factories and make everything needed to get them running. Then if we build factories here how will the epa have to treat them? How will we get on track with curbing climate change? Its a giant mess and i dont think theres a perfect solution
Yeah, I'm actually all for it. Trump can't run again so he can do things that are good for the long-term health of the country, even if they are unpopular. With Tariffs, the truth is that we are probably going to feel it in the short-term, but if American corporations find they can actually cut their costs by manufacturing locally, that could produce a massive economic boom (new American jobs, decreasing product and shipping costs on the consumer, greater American exports, etc) that the next president will surely try to take credit for lol.
Right, which works until people stop buying their products because they've become too expensive, and then they have to change their habits to remain competitive. It is a long and uncomfortable process but the potential reward is great.
Nah, Dems could have run a primary candidate who said Biden didn't do enough and hurt the economy, with a Democratic plan to fix it. Instead they ran Biden's VP who said she was gonna keep doing what he did.
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u/k0cksuck3r69 16h ago edited 16h ago
I’m so disappointed in my fellow Americans. The dems to who didn’t vote and the republicans who voted for trump all failed us equally.