- Trump’s approval has taken a substantial swing of 9.6 points, from a net positive of 6.2 points in late January to a net negative of 3.4 points in mid-April.
- Trump’s loss in support among Hispanic and young adults has been especially steep.
- The president has not persuaded Americans that foreign countries and producers will bear the burden of higher tariffs, or that the gain will be worth the pain.
They didn’t. They didn’t vote for the alternative because of one issue. That’s the problem.
The party would rather have trump than abandon their only issue.
I hope they’re happy. That is all.
I’m sure they are. They got their second choice (well, third, but netanyahu can’t run in the US), they’re getting the policy they wanted, and they get to blame the left for all of it.
People can’t control the party, but they could impact the outcome and choose not to.
Then it’s not a party.
If they are significant enough to blame, they were significant enough to listen to.
Yes they were significant enough to listen to, but at some point people need to take accountability. You can only control what you do, not others.
If the party was unwilling to change, they still had a choice to make. They made that choice. They had the ability to impact the outcome and they didn’t.
There is more than one issue to care about in the world. Not voting for one side because of a single issue, when the other side has dozens of issues, is accepting that you are ok with either outcome. So those who choose not to vote told the world that they didn’t care either way, because they had a chance to impact the outcome and didn’t.
You said “The party would rather have trump than abandon their only issue.” The reality is, people would rather have Trump than vote against a single issue, and that’s what happened. And that single issue is still an issue! It did nothing.
How many more fucking decades before they’re listened to, then? Because it’s starting to look like “fucking never and we hate you lol.”