There is an interesting cognitive dissonance around the economy.
The tone, the memes, the lived experience are all: We’re struggling to barely survive. But when this gets brought up in the context of the current administration and their policies its: Its the best economy in a decade.
When you look at polling data, its always the economy at first position in terms of how people are going to vote. I think the current congress and the administration really shot themselves in the foot with the what they approached as priority in current legislation. It was all “might make a difference to peoples lives in 5-10 years” and almost nothing that “makes a difference in peoples lives they can sense right now”. Its not like that bigger picture stuff didn’t need to be done, but convincing a few wonks on the edges doesn’t get you elected to a second term.
Ultimately voting is transactional. If voters vote for you and you don’t provide the goods, they’ll move on.
There is an interesting cognitive dissonance around the economy.
The tone, the memes, the lived experience are all: We’re struggling to barely survive. But when this gets brought up in the context of the current administration and their policies its: Its the best economy in a decade.
When you look at polling data, its always the economy at first position in terms of how people are going to vote. I think the current congress and the administration really shot themselves in the foot with the what they approached as priority in current legislation. It was all “might make a difference to peoples lives in 5-10 years” and almost nothing that “makes a difference in peoples lives they can sense right now”. Its not like that bigger picture stuff didn’t need to be done, but convincing a few wonks on the edges doesn’t get you elected to a second term.
Ultimately voting is transactional. If voters vote for you and you don’t provide the goods, they’ll move on.