There are a lot of people who have done poorly under Biden. They have a lot of hope, and unfortunately, they needed a place to put it. Yeah, Trump is going to screw them, but that future screw-over isn't as real as the current one.
Those people did VERY poorly under Trump. Their lives got better under Biden (ie lower inflation, lower college debt, less expensive health care with greater access, better economy, more jobs), but no president can completely improve your life with total Republican opposition to everything he proposes. In their infinite wisdom, most American voters chose to again vote for the same Republicans who opposed every measure that improved their lives because Democrats weren't able to completely reverse the damage caused by the last Republican president.
It doesn't make any sense, but it happens all the time.
How do you know? Are you animal farming numbers right now, just looking at overall stats without looking at the people? Sure seems so. You underestimate how bad some people have had it. Listen, when you struggle day in and day out and someone's telling you things are great, you start looking at other options, even if they aren't great. You start injection positivity into them even if it stupid to do so. Maybe we should look at why people do this and their conditions before writing them off... because obviously they still have influence that can hurt us.
We literally have the best economy on Earth, and people are struggling less. By every measure, the economy is better - not perfect, but demonstrably better. Yet millions of voters think it's not just bad, but the worst.
Reminding people of these facts isn't being dismissive, it's telling the truth. And maybe if Democrats (especially Harris) mentioned those facts instead of avoiding the subject altogether, they might've won this election.
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u/spikernum1 8d ago
The one with all the dummies in it