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So why did they win?
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The majority of Americans who voted, at least in the swing states, have voted for the republicans. Why? Do the republican policies reflect popular opinion? Or is it that their vibes are more aligned with the public? Or maybe people are worse off now than they were 4 years ago and are hoping to turn back time? As a non-american I don't quite get it. People must think their lives will materially improve under the republicans, but why?
I think it's two things:
Firstly, identity politics is a hell of a drug and Trump has put the blame for the current miserable situation on the "Wokes".
Secondly, America is a country where you have beaten into you from a young age that voting every 2 years is how political action is done. Protest are constantly put down as childish inconvenience at best and actively criminal at worst. With that in mind how as an American do you voice your frustration with the incumbent? You vote for the challenger.
You know i never actually considered that Americans don't view protest as legitimate political action, and that there are places in the world where people do consider protest political action?
There were protests in China against zero covid and relatively soon (after years of zero covid) the policy ended
Oh, I thought it was because the Dems lost a lot of votes due to their support of Palestinian genocide, but I guess it was wishful thinking to think it was due to a noble cause...
the vast majority of americans dont have the slightest idea that a genocide is happening
To be fair, Dems did lose a lot of votes that simply weren't given to any candidate compared to 2020, so this could have been a factor, esp. in Michigan still being counted