The true metric would be the percentage of former Trump voters who would change their vote next time. What I see a lot of is people who disapprove, but still could never conceive of voting differently. American politics is kind of like sports teams fans - you pick a team and stick with it, no matter what changes occur.
Well one of the minor advantages of low voter turnouts is if people are disappointed by their “team” then they don’t bother voting, which can change the result, especially when the other side is livid and highly motivated to get out to vote
This only works for one election. Conservatives have short memories and would vote the same bastard who made their lives miserable the first time back into office 4 years later. That’s not an improvement, that’s just a temporary reprieve from the systemic deconstruction of our government’s purpose to help the general populace.
Very true. That’s why the rest of the world watched the US install Trump for the second time and then decided to reroute the circuit around America.
It is an acceptance that the US could pull the crazy lever at any time so it is better to have more independence and less reliance on them.
Of course, enforced isolation is not good for the US in terms of economic development, national security or force projection, but this is a self inflicted wound. Other countries didn’t get a vote.
*I assume that someone out there might say, “good, we don’t need you”. Okay, have a great life then.
That is a good point. In years past, there has usually been one side quite called to action. Lately, I find that both sides seem disenfranchised - I find it really hard to predict what the midterm turnout will be since it feels like there are so many voters on all ends of the spectrum who want to abstain (assuming the election is fairly administered, which is quite an assumption these days)
The true metric would be the percentage of former Trump voters who would change their vote next time. What I see a lot of is people who disapprove, but still could never conceive of voting differently. American politics is kind of like sports teams fans - you pick a team and stick with it, no matter what changes occur.
Well one of the minor advantages of low voter turnouts is if people are disappointed by their “team” then they don’t bother voting, which can change the result, especially when the other side is livid and highly motivated to get out to vote
This only works for one election. Conservatives have short memories and would vote the same bastard who made their lives miserable the first time back into office 4 years later. That’s not an improvement, that’s just a temporary reprieve from the systemic deconstruction of our government’s purpose to help the general populace.
Very true. That’s why the rest of the world watched the US install Trump for the second time and then decided to reroute the circuit around America.
It is an acceptance that the US could pull the crazy lever at any time so it is better to have more independence and less reliance on them.
Of course, enforced isolation is not good for the US in terms of economic development, national security or force projection, but this is a self inflicted wound. Other countries didn’t get a vote.
*I assume that someone out there might say, “good, we don’t need you”. Okay, have a great life then.
That is a good point. In years past, there has usually been one side quite called to action. Lately, I find that both sides seem disenfranchised - I find it really hard to predict what the midterm turnout will be since it feels like there are so many voters on all ends of the spectrum who want to abstain (assuming the election is fairly administered, which is quite an assumption these days)
The Law of Large Numbers want you to know your logic is shit and to stop ignoring it.