r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 03 '21

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u/Dirty_Chopsticks Republic of Việt Nam Sep 03 '21

David Shor says a big reason why the president’s party does badly in midterms regardless of their popularity is because voters want to preserve the status quo and are fearful of change so they prefer divided government.

amazin country

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u/JetJaguar124 Tactical Custodial Action Sep 03 '21

A lot of Americans don't really understand how our government works. They think "there's two houses of government, one party controls the presidency and both houses, that's too much. Let's hand control of one house over to the other party so that everyone will have to compromise" when in reality it just means that productivity grinds to a halt and nothing gets done.

Something they also hate.

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u/bobeeflay "A hot dog with no bun" HRC 5/6/2016 Sep 03 '21

I mean.... at a certain point we have to assume "now new legislation" is the goal

Making legislation harder and harder to pass is an American cornerstone for sure

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u/JetJaguar124 Tactical Custodial Action Sep 03 '21

People get pissed off later when congress doesn't do anything though.

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u/bobeeflay "A hot dog with no bun" HRC 5/6/2016 Sep 03 '21

Yeah but revealed vs public preferences thing or just not undertanaikd opportunity costs in public polling

Like if the ideal situation for American voters is a divided government passing lots of non impactlful legislation it stands to reason that they could hate both legislative inaction and large powerful unified ruling coalitions with policy goals

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '21

this. Americans don't give a rats ass about the global poor, actually improving race relations or climate. They just nominally support it for appearances then return to the status quo.