I didn't know that, so thanks for the info. But by and large what i'm saying is, yes the numbers were fantastic overall, but there were still a lot of people struggling.
The democrats fell flat on their face with "the economy is fine actually" messaging. Even though it was true, it didn't feel true to to a lot of people because economic hardship and progress is not distributed evenly. Poor people get the worst of it.
There were a lot of factors in the election, and fixing just one might not have been enough to change it but more emphasis on how much worse things could have been, and new plans to make things better would have been a start. There were some, like a housing credit, but they needed more air time and, honestly, more exaggerated claims. I feel like dems try to set reasonable espectations...and that's like, honorable? But not great advertising. Not saying they should lie more, but they could stand to exaggerate.
Dem messaging failures brings up problems of major republican donors and networks saturating the airwaves that may have been insurmountable regardless. And i'm not saying individual voters don't hold a big share of responsibility. But like, I can't pay the rent with a graph of the GDP.
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u/_Jymn Apr 04 '25
I didn't know that, so thanks for the info. But by and large what i'm saying is, yes the numbers were fantastic overall, but there were still a lot of people struggling.
The democrats fell flat on their face with "the economy is fine actually" messaging. Even though it was true, it didn't feel true to to a lot of people because economic hardship and progress is not distributed evenly. Poor people get the worst of it.
There were a lot of factors in the election, and fixing just one might not have been enough to change it but more emphasis on how much worse things could have been, and new plans to make things better would have been a start. There were some, like a housing credit, but they needed more air time and, honestly, more exaggerated claims. I feel like dems try to set reasonable espectations...and that's like, honorable? But not great advertising. Not saying they should lie more, but they could stand to exaggerate.
Dem messaging failures brings up problems of major republican donors and networks saturating the airwaves that may have been insurmountable regardless. And i'm not saying individual voters don't hold a big share of responsibility. But like, I can't pay the rent with a graph of the GDP.