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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Turns out, lecturing the voters doesn't make them want to vote for you. Everything you said is correct, but those weren't the concerns that resonated. To quote Bill Clinton's strategist in 92, "it's the economy, stupid." Yeah, the economy is doing great right now, but you have to ask, "for who?"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I agree that right now, our economists have a terrible way of defining a “good economy”. They have praise for a set of numbers such as the stock market rates, which have almost no connection to the well-being of common people.

We need more medians and fewer averages; not to measure wealth when it’s spread among the extremes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's not the economy, it's a popularity contest when the majority of the electorate stop choosing candidates based on what they do and have done and instead only pay attention to what they say or choose based on uninformed vibes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Exit polling overwhelmingly disagrees with you. The number one stated reason was the economy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Which economic policy did they report was the deciding factor?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Now you're going to try and nit pick to back peddle? The economy was the star of the show and Kamala didn't have an easy to understand answer. The messaging, as always, was piss poor from the democrats.