02-13-2024, 02:00 PM
(02-12-2024, 11:59 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: This may be my bias talking, but I feel like if you could stomach voting for Trump in 2020, you probably would have voted for him. Biden was not popular or seen as any kind of savior in 2020. He was just "not Trump."
And he's still "not Trump" in 2024.
Maybe the economy will make independents just not bother voting, which could result in Trump winning, but if we see record breaking turnout or near it, like we did in 2020, I think it will be entirely because of the same anti-Trump phenomenon as in 2020, considering he has gotten significantly worse since he lost the election.
Among single issue voters polled by NBC in November 2023, Protection of democracy and abortion are the top 2 most important issues for the 2024 election, and both of those issues heavily favor Biden.
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/poll-democracy-abortion-are-top-priorities-single-issue-voters-rcna126225
Exactly how important are "single issue" voters? Are they a sizeable voting block that reliably predict outcomes? Not seeing inflation on that list has me thinking it's a bunch of bullshit.
Quote:I'm not saying Biden is a good candidate and I can't speak to exactly how the economy is doing. I have also noticed the increase of groceries, but I also noticed my 401k is sky rocketing. Inflation is down, and costs of goods usually lag behind that, so we'll see if grocery bills get better as the year goes on.
Inflation is absolutely not down. It's still far higher under Biden than it was under Trump.
Biden's average inflation rate is over double that of Trump's. Saying inflation is down is like saying Biden produced jobs, when what really happened was an end to the pandemic lockdowns and boatloads of people returning to the workforce. Saying inflation is down now is garbage propaganda, you're far too smart to buy that, or to be repeating it.
