Donald Trump & JD Vance Win 2024 US Presidential Election

[Mer 61,621]

Just now, baddisease said:

 

true, I shouldn't put words in your mouth. but that's what his people want, which is...baffling and distressing, since I know many who, oddly, rely on those programs but support "smaller government".

To me, it’s simply a sign of desperation. People who are struggling so badly, they would rather swallow a Trump shaped pill than vote for another 4 years of the same. That’s a terrifying sign of how our country is treating its citizens. 
 

I’m privileged in that I don’t necessarily understand where they’re coming from firsthand, but I don’t want to judge them for it, or write them off as stupid. 

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3 minutes ago, Mer said:

To me, it’s simply a sign of desperation. People who are struggling so badly, they would rather swallow a Trump shaped pill than vote for another 4 years of the same. That’s a terrifying sign of how our country is treating its citizens. 
 

I’m privileged in that I don’t necessarily understand where they’re coming from firsthand, but I don’t want to judge them for it, or write them off as stupid. 

 

True. While I do understand firsthand where they're coming from, since my family is all poor, I am also disabled in such a way that I can never be un-disabled so if I lost my programs... I'd be even more fucked.

 

I feel like Democrats completely shit the bed. They were right in that the economy is doing good statistically but they were absolutely not understanding that those numbers and statistics were NOT translating to an improvement in the situations of everyday Americans.

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4 hours ago, Mer said:

The Democrats (the establishment ones--not Bernie and AOC's flank) need to realize that they do not have a winning coalition without white, middle class workers

Teamsters withholding their endorsement for the first time in decades should have been a HUGE wakeup call for dems.

Dems squandered their union/labor support and Republicans swooped in to add them to their base. The democratic coalition needs to be rebuilt from the ground up now cuz all that's left is college educated coastal elites and even their support feels lukewarm at best