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re: How did Dem survive 9% inflation + $5 gas in 2022, while the GOP lost both chambers in 26?

Posted on 11/12/26 at 8:19 am to
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
488014 posts
Posted on 11/12/26 at 8:19 am to
Did the media take off in 2024?
Posted by Azkiger
Member since Nov 2016
29436 posts
Posted on 11/12/26 at 8:23 am to
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We're talking about why voters voted the way they did. Not what DEMS talked about

Keep up


Dems dont do internal polling, got it.

Definitely a 140 IQer, , no doubt.
Posted by AUCom96
Alabama
Member since May 2020
7432 posts
Posted on 11/12/26 at 8:46 am to
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Trump explicitly ruled out amnesty at the White House three days ago ("There won't be amnesty") and just tightened H-1B foreign worker restrictions in September.


Calling it a "path to citizenship" doesn't change what it actually IS.

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Also, "Biden promised to do most of what he did" is comedy gold I don't remember Biden campaigning on 9.1% inflation, $5 gas, and a crashing stock market in 2022.


No, but he absolutely campaigned on massive increases in spending, regulations and taxes which lead to inflation and higher energy prices.

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You still haven't answered the actual question: how did Dems survive 9.1% inflation and $5 gas in 2022, while the GOP got wiped out in 2026 with less than half the inflation (3.7%), a Dow 20,000 points higher, and record household income?


Because people don't like when you position yourself as the outsider solution and then do the same shite those you campaigned against - in both parties - have been doing unchecked for decades. Trump survived on a coalition fueled by people who haven't reliably turned out to vote in the past, cross-overs and independents and then he fricked them. Some responded by not turning out. Others fricked the GOP back. The left is what they are. The right hides what they are.
Posted by SDVTiger
Cabo San Lucas
Member since Nov 2011
102341 posts
Posted on 11/12/26 at 9:00 am to
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It's pretty simple. The media got on board with pushing the affordability theme over the last 9 months.

When there was 9% inflation and +$5 gas in 2022 the media was telling the story of how it really wasn't bad as the numbers say.

Unfortunately, the vast majority of people read headlines or watch reels that tell them what to think or believe.


Yup Sloflowboasaberg ignores this
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
31451 posts
Posted on 11/12/26 at 9:01 am to
Crooked Media only reports negative republican news.
Posted by RockNHorse
Member since Jul 2026
208 posts
Posted on 11/12/26 at 9:05 am to
And that, detective, is the right question.
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
105396 posts
Posted on 11/12/26 at 9:10 am to
Media spin has a lot to do with it

Posted by Vacherie Saint
Member since Aug 2015
48728 posts
Posted on 11/12/26 at 9:12 am to
I think its mainly the extra juice dems got from Covid voting policies. Whether that's legal or illegal (likely some combination of the two), is unknown.
Another factor is dem voter loyalty. They don't bail on the party the same way republicans do. They see republicans as a deadly threat and vote that way.
They live in a post-truth world where the bad results of their policies are excused away and blamed on others. They only believe what suits their emotions on any given subject, objective facts and counter arguments are dismissed as lies, misinformation, and right wing propaganda. They gaslight and intellectualize each other. A debate with a leftist is a fruitless exercise in logical fallacy.
Posted by Champagne
Sabine Free State.
Member since Oct 2007
57148 posts
Posted on 11/12/26 at 9:13 am to
The Elia Gonzales case disagrees
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
488014 posts
Posted on 11/12/26 at 9:13 am to
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Yup Sloflowboasaberg ignores this


I literally replied

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Did the media take off in 2024?
Posted by loogaroo
Welsh
Member since Dec 2005
44780 posts
Posted on 11/12/26 at 9:15 am to
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MAGA is not that big.


How do you define MAGA?
Posted by Gusoline
Jacksonville, NC
Member since Dec 2013
11359 posts
Posted on 11/12/26 at 9:31 am to
The media abd social media didnt tell the masses of uneducated tards to be offended then.
Posted by Champagne
Sabine Free State.
Member since Oct 2007
57148 posts
Posted on 11/12/26 at 9:55 am to
I think the answer to the op question is to some extent

The abortion case

American women want legal abortions and better if they are free

That is, govt funded
This post was edited on 11/12/26 at 9:57 am
Posted by beaux duke
Member since Oct 2023
5221 posts
Posted on 11/12/26 at 10:03 am to
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Because he put it through AI and forgot to clean it up before he passed it off as his own thought.

Does anyone honestly believe that STD Tiger can string more than 3 coherent sentences together?


i know
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
488014 posts
Posted on 11/12/26 at 10:04 am to
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I think the answer to the op question is to some extent

The abortion case

You're 100% correct
Posted by Figgy
CenCal
Member since May 2020
10824 posts
Posted on 11/12/26 at 10:10 am to
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MAGA was always a very unique coalition. Don, Jr. straight up said last week that it included a lot of disaffected Dems.


I’ve been saying that for years. How do you think he swung counties that Obama won? Those voters have always been a risk to go back to their natural political home. Trump finally gave them reason to do so. That’s a two vote swing. Negative one for the R and plus one for the D. Independent voters can’t be relied on. Hispanic voters are historically going to the Left.. it goes on and on.
Posted by SDVTiger
Cabo San Lucas
Member since Nov 2011
102341 posts
Posted on 11/12/26 at 10:21 am to
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Crooked Media only reports negative republican news.


Exactly.

They spun Bidens economy to be great
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
65830 posts
Posted on 11/12/26 at 10:27 am to
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They spun Bidens economy to be great


No they didn’t. They did deflect for him though. The problem here is that Trump’s problems are self-imposed.
Posted by ryanlsu
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2005
1405 posts
Posted on 11/12/26 at 10:31 am to
Didn't read the whole thread but the answer is that the mainstream media is the propaganda arm of the democratic party. It does not matter what the truth is, it just matters what you can make the average person believe.
Posted by BTROleMisser
Murica'
Member since Nov 2017
18520 posts
Posted on 11/12/26 at 11:09 am to
People are stupid... and they vote.
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