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Trump Didn’t Win Pennsylvania. Kamala Harris Lost It.
(theintercept.com)
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I don’t buy this. In Nebraska there was an election between an independent union leader and a career politician. The union leader lost.
The consensus seems to be that people that voted democrat in 2020 voted republican this time because they experienced inflation under Biden that think it was his fault.
People don't vote for numbers they vote for stories. They vote for their feelings. Do they feel like they're in a better place today and they were the four years ago. Do they feel like they're better off financially. Do they feel like the economy is stronger. And the answer for most of us is no of course not. So regardless of the reasons for that they're going to vote that way. That's just a harsh reality of elections and economics.
Four years ago you couldn’t buy toilet paper. Are some people worse off than under Trump 1.0? Of course. Is more than half the country worse off? Fuck no. People have goldfish memories and Dems did a terrible job touting their wins that did make Americans better off under Biden.
Just as an aside I never actually had problems buying toilet paper. I don't actually know anyone who did. I know that's not really pertinent I just always find it funny people say that.
That's exactly what I'm saying though. It's about the stories we tell ourselves and the stories the parties are able to sell to us. Reality doesn't matter the stories that we buy matter.