Election Live Discussion

Black men voting or Trump increased a lot.

Same for Latinos.

And blue collar jobs are voting more for Trump.

Why?

Economy.

I am so sad that our small business will probably go under now, developing a small molecule drug for breast, ovarian, melanoma cancer as NIH will be destroyed. WTF

My faith in my fellow females is destroyed. So many young females I know voted for Trump. So many older females I know vote for Trump. So many of my Hispanic students are Trump fans.

What am I missing? I just don’t get it.

Especially after being convicted of 34 felonies and having Elon and RFK Jr. on his side. That many people said, “yep, he’s going to be great for the U.S. and for me.” Unfreaking believable.

Climate change, women’s reproductive rights, protecting gay marriage and trans rights, foreign diplomacy…I can’t believe that supporting those issues put us on the wrong side of history in 2024. Even after everything we’ve been through, I still can’t believe it.

I think at the end of the day, people are worried about economics + war. With abortion being a states issue, it wasn't the top tier issue for many.

Agree. And I think we have seen most states pass abortion laws.

But the wars and the economy hurt everyone.

When a poll shows 2/3 voters were not in favor of the way the country was moving, thats a huge problem for the current administration. And with Harris being part of the current administration, she is going to be seen as part of the problem.

Edited: the actual poll was that '2/3 of voters say the country is on the wrong path'.


www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/two-thirds-voters-say-country-wrong-track-ahead-2024-election-rcna172873

It’s 2016 again.

It’s not the economy. It’s a woman.

I didn't buy into that plan. Good luck taking on the corporations. And it's not just them.

When you look at a grocery store you have the store charging to have the item, shipping costs which have gone up, product price which has gone up, materials which has gone up, labor which has gone up, etc etc etc.

Should CEOs make what they make? No. Certainly not.

But how will you fix each of those steps to lower costs?

Yes, but at least she said she would do something.  What did dump say?  Nothing.  He said nothing.... nothing to help.  He couldn't even pronounce the word groceries because he's so stupid and can't read.

Disagree. 

Oh I was hopping that proper would pass!!

Harris had an okay record to me. But these props and how they are written is what caused some of the issues.

They have something like 92% reporting, so I am thinking soon-ish.

This is a meaningless question because it doesn't answer why.  I think the country is on the wrong track because we likely elected a rapist, criminal, insurrectionist to President a 2nd time. Dobbs taking away women's rights, the Supreme Court ruling the President is essentially a King.  I'm more shocked by the third that says we're on the right track.

If people were their current age in the years after the financial crisis, 9/11, the 90s, the 80s, the 70s, the 60s I think they would find that the every day struggles still dominated people's lives.  Some things were easier, and other things were much, much harder.  Taxes were worse, gas prices and other prices on specific goods were higher, inflation was a beast. But people don't have that frame of reference.  In my lifetime the number of middle class people who own rental or vacation homes, toys like multiple cars, ATVs, RVs, take not only regular vacations but basically to anywhere including international destinations is soooo much higher than when I was a kid, pet ownership, gadgets, etc. And compared to my mother who was one of five kids, it is unimaginable.  We have so much stuff and opportunities available to us, via human ingenuity and progress that I've said even someone like Elon Musk or Bill Gates don't have enough money to be enough. There is always more a person doesn't have. IMO, a large number of people who are in historical terms, better off, are acting like Veruca Salt, conflating their situation with those that are truly struggling. And sometimes the world is just harder, for factors that are unchangeable, and you have no choice but to go through.