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curl-6 on 08 November 2024
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sc94597 said:
curl-6 said:

That's the thing though, it doesn't matter if people like your policies or not if at the end of the day they still decide to cast their vote against you and what they perceive you to stand for.

It's less that they dislike Democratic policies per se and more that the dislike the "idea" of your party. As you say, it's vibes. The Democratic platform was seen as "the status quo" by a population who are pissed off and want change. 

Trump was able to speak to that discontent, much as Biden rode the wave of people pissed off with Trump in 2020.

Sure, but perception -- what people think they are calling for, is totally different from their platform -- what they are actually calling for. This wasn't a rejection of the Democratic platform, as you originally stated. Their platform is popular and fine. It's a rejection of their ability to project a message and act against opponents who outright lie. 

Living in a swing state, the commercials from the GOP side were things like "Kamala supports paid transgendered surgeries for criminals." "Border czar Kamala wants to protect rapist and murder illegals." And other wacko shit that I can guarantee the overwhelming majority of people don't support. 

Democrats were punished for inflation that was something every developed country in the world experienced because the stimulus that caused it was necessary for more people to not die of COVID, and to prevent a global recession. 

The Democrats aren't my party by the way. I am a left-wing independent who votes for Democrats out of them being a lesser of two evils, but honestly probably disagrees with them 40% of the time. 

Party rather than platform would have been the better term then, I will amend.

Maybe I am naïve but I think most people don't believe the more wacko insane shit, (many people clearly do, I just doubt it's a majority) and more that most people care more about their own immediate comfort and wellbeing than issues that they don't feel affect them personally.

It's easy for people who struggle to put food on the table to roll their eyes at a lot of leftist ideals or issues and decide to stick it to a party that they see as not doing enough to help them, regardless of whether the alternative is any better.