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insane_dreamer | on: Trump wins presidency for second time
> I don't think that the problem is that Democrats didn't explain the technical definition of inflation well enough.

it's clear that at least half all American voters don't understand technical definitions or explanations (this was Obama's problem too). "Drill Baby Drill", "Lock her up", and "cheap gas" is about their comprehension level.

Tempest1981 | parent | next
Yep. They're voting on emotion, not logic or facts.

Emotions are much stronger.

baggy_trough | root | parent | next
Who is "they"?
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firen777 | root | parent | next
Democrat non-voters
ComplexSystems | root | parent
Yeah, emotions like "I wish I could afford to buy food."
llamaimperative | root | parent | next
You can experience that emotion and then logic your way to "it probably doesn't make sense then to vote for massive tariffs." If you don't logic your way to that next point, then yeah, you're making a bit of an emotionally-tainted decision.
insane_dreamer | root | parent | next
Except that at the the lower income bracket, there are many more Democrats than Republicans (58% to 36% according to Pew[0]). So I don't think the election turned on poor people not being able to even afford food.

[0] https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/04/09/partisanship...

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talldayo | root | parent
Thing is, people will say stuff like this and them foam at the mouth at the mere mention of the phrase "food stamps". Methinks this sudden empathy is a load of crocodile tears.
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nwienert | parent | next
This (incorrect) attitude is another big reason beyond economy for the D loss.
drekipus | root | parent | next
as an outsider this is the biggest thing.

It's like D-voters don't even understand how unhinged they are.

"Everyone is stupid but me" doesn't do anyone any favors and doesn't fix any problem.

"I have the makings of a plan" is 100x more attractive to people who need change.

insane_dreamer | root | parent | next
If that 5th grader rhetoric, and lack of any comprehensible policy, didn't resonate with Trump voters, he wouldn't have used it consistently. So the criticism is on point.

We can debate whether Harris' proposed policies would have worked or not, or good for the economy or not, but at least they were comprehensible.

kelipso | root | parent
Harris had proposed policies? That's news to me... Only think I remember is abortion abortion abortion.
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mistermann | root | parent
Isn't it amazing?

"Chat, is this real?"

oceanplexian | parent
> it's clear that at least half all American voters don't understand technical definitions or explanations

What you are essentially saying is that over half the public has a low level of comprehension which simply isn’t true.

You can’t insult millions of people and expect them to meet you in the middle on any issues. And the issues are far more nuanced than cheap gas, like the fact that 1.7 million people work in the energy industry and happen to vote in swing states.

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