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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?

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[-] soy_disantra@hexbear.net 33 points 23 hours ago

        Really hard to run an attack campaign when you're the incumbent party. If your messaging is just "im a bit better than the other guy" people are just gonna point to the shit job you're doing right now. Historical levels of unpopularity is real hard to come back from, bush needed 9/11.
The whole Biden debacle was disastrous, probably ended any chance of scooping up the moderate vote they were desperately pining for.
Gaza, immigration, and generally running to the right put a bullet in any chance of bringing this campaign back. They tried really desperately with the weed stuff at the last minute, but the damage was done.
Democratic party reeks of putrescene