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> seems to have made 2024 an indictment against these kinds of policies Really? I don't think that's true at all based on the swing voters I've talked to.
by epistasis 1y ago
> seems to have made 2024 an indictment against these kinds of policies
Really? I don't think that's true at all based on the swing voters I've talked to.
- jvanderbot 1y agoPerhaps its untrue. Maybe a better way of saying it is "The leading politicians and their buddies" have. Also, you know real swing voters? Like people who vote for more than one political party? I do this sometimes, but feel so bad about it I can hardly admit it!
- mdorazio 1y agoSwing voters are not the majority of the voting public that the parent comment referenced.
- scarface_74 1y agoThe swing voters in the swing states are all that matter because of the electoral college. Getting more democratic votes in red states won’t make a difference.
- tech_ken 1y agoYeah I think people are way over-indexing on culture war stuff when the simple fact is that massive inflation makes the sitting president super unpopular. 2024 was primarily determined by the price of bread and eggs, with everything else being cents on the margin.
- jvanderbot 1y agoOK fair enough! But these large sweeping changes aren't about eggs, so I'm not sure why they are so high profile (except perhaps that egg prices aren't doing what we want them to?)
- tech_ken 1y agoNot sure I really follow your point. Why would a political bait-and-switch not be high profile?