"Donald Trump I voted for you BUT.."

[Mnementh]

Peh said:

Mnementh said:

OK, so with more time more people changed their opinion. That's not surprising. If that wouldn't happen, the government that was elected in one election wouldn't be able to lose in the next. What's the big deal? I regretted some votes in the past, because the politicians didn't do what I expected of them. I never thought about it being thread-worthy. I couldn't vote for Obama (because I'm german), but I was excited for him. Now I deeply sorry about that, because he didn't bring more peace as I expected, on the contrary. So, what is different about Brexit and Trump, that these normal processes do excite so much response?

There is a difference between regretting a vote after few days/weeks in contrast to several years.

Regret immediatley after vote can be caused by a badly informed and/or gullible voter. It's not like I go to a vote, mark my cross and 1 minute later I say: "Fuck, I regret what I did". That's plain stupid and idiotic.

Regret to vote for someone after several years is by observing if the government succeeded in what they wanted to accomplish or not. Thus, if they failed, that's ok to change your opinion and vote for a different party and give them a chance.

But what I listed are people that regret shorty after making their vote.

I thought that was pretty much obvious.

There are always people who regret their vote practically the moment they leave the voting booth. You completely ignore, that people also regret voting for Bremain or Clinton. Yes, maybe these are less than the other way around, but that is also always the case, otherwise it wouldn't come to switches in popular opinion. Still after all, the regretters are a small minority. As they always are.

The only reason we hear so much about the people changing their opinion this time in difference to other times, is that many people are unwilling to accept the result of the elections.

Ask yourself - what if Clinton would've won in the close election and someone would open a thread about the people regretting their vote for Clinton. And there are such people. What would you think?