• @njm1314@lemmy.world
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    1226 days ago

    Lot of those people who voted in 2020 weren’t Democratic voters. They voted for the Democrats that one time and then the Democrats failed to retain them. That’s on the Democrats. I don’t know how many times people can say it. It’s a candidate and the party’s job to earn people’s votes. Earn them. There is literally no other way to do it. Democrats refuse to do that that’s why they lose.

    • @branno@lemm.ee
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      -226 days ago

      Here I thought that 4 years of competent leadership, a booming economy, and some significant legislative victories would earn votes.

      Silly me. Clearly the voting populous wanted extreme leftist policies. Explains why Trump won.

      • @BakerBagel@midwest.social
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        626 days ago

        What world are you living in where you think the economy of the last 4 years has been booming? Every indicator that isn’t the Dow Jones indicates that the economy has been absolutely fucked for the last 4 years.

        • @branno@lemm.ee
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          -126 days ago

          The real one?

          Where 6 million more people in the US were employed than before the pandemic.

          Where inflation in the US was lower than that of peer western countries.

          Where the number of people using food stamps decreased.

          Where wages went up almost 20% over 4 years.

          Where GDP grew by some 14% over 4 years.

          Where the S&P 500 increase by 43% over 4 years.

          By what reasonable metric would you consider the economy fucked?