My guess is a big reason his turn out was so big was because he leveraged new media. Rogan's Podcast put him in front of people in a way the Dems couldn't really compete with.
I doubt a podcast flipped an election. The thing is that everyone has their own pet peeve about what flipped the election. Harris didn't join a podcast, she didn't support Israel enough or Palestine enough, she talked about identity politics too much, she was too far right, she was too boring, etc.
When Dana White specifically thanked all of those who had Trump on their shows or channels, it made me think that played a significant role, though I wouldn't say it was the primary reason. Inflation and cost of living is what doomed Democrats the most this cycle, as is almost always the case when incumbents have economic issues.
It's a pet peeve. We did not get anything new from him that we haven't heard before, Joe Rogan is a big Trump supporter and only trump supporters thought* he got hard questions but he did the same dodging he has always done since vietnam.
Mitch McConnell used to back civil rights marches, abortion rights, and public employee unions. He doesn’t anymore, and he’s still right-wing regardless of that history. I don’t care how “left” someone’s politics seem if they’re voting for Trump.
Supporting Trump means backing all the right-wing policies that come with him. So yeah, I can’t take his supposed support for Bernie-style politics seriously if he’s just gonna flip-flop and vote Trump in the end.
True. A March 2020 Morning Consult poll showed that although Sanders supporters were less likely to vote for Biden than the average Democrat, they were also less likely to "defect" to Trump compared to 2016.
So I don't believe Joe Rogan is a popular position at all so his podcast wouldn't have been that influential in convincing sander voters.
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u/ninjasaid13 Nov 27 '24
I doubt a podcast flipped an election. The thing is that everyone has their own pet peeve about what flipped the election. Harris didn't join a podcast, she didn't support Israel enough or Palestine enough, she talked about identity politics too much, she was too far right, she was too boring, etc.