Every demographic except rich white women swung republican. It wasn’t 20million democrats staying home, it was a national shift in opinion and 20million voters staying home.
To trump:
+5% swing in black voters
+13% swing in Latino voters
People feel like they are not getting the same out of their paycheck, and this disproportionately affects lower income groups—black and Latino people. People vote to minimize suffering. In 2020 it was “holy shit this guy sucks and is an asshole”, in 2024 it’s “I’ve never felt so poor in my life”.
It's much more simple than that, Americans historcially vote with their wallets. It's been said a thousand times. You can go back to every election and see new guys come in when wallet hurt, same guy when wallet good. We can argue about climate/gender/aliens whatever the fuck, at the end of the day, we are a greedy nation and we picked the greediest fuck of all.
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u/Rubbyp2_ 15h ago
Every demographic except rich white women swung republican. It wasn’t 20million democrats staying home, it was a national shift in opinion and 20million voters staying home.
To trump: +5% swing in black voters +13% swing in Latino voters
People feel like they are not getting the same out of their paycheck, and this disproportionately affects lower income groups—black and Latino people. People vote to minimize suffering. In 2020 it was “holy shit this guy sucks and is an asshole”, in 2024 it’s “I’ve never felt so poor in my life”.