2024 US Presidential Election

[Chrkeller]

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 murderer 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. A large part of that stimulus happened under Trump in 2020. 

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. 

This is correct.  Nobody really understood what Harris top priorities were and what her plans were.  Messaging was garage out of the gates.