Democrats represent 27%? of voters so our priorities have to appeal not only to Independents, but disenchanted Republicans as well. Yet they focus heavily on issues that touch a very small minority while ignoring that it takes a very large Congressional majority and President to pass that legislation. I come from a working class family b…
Democrats represent 27%? of voters so our priorities have to appeal not only to Independents, but disenchanted Republicans as well. Yet they focus heavily on issues that touch a very small minority while ignoring that it takes a very large Congressional majority and President to pass that legislation. I come from a working class family but am comfortably retired. The Democratic wing of my family is interested in a good economy, and social equality; the Republican wing's interest was in a good economy (making ends meet), and I suspect, whichever candidate promised the most. A chips plant was being built in our community but was years away from opening, and many of them were even unhappy with the change it would bring to their town. I have to agree with Chuck Eagle's assessment, that if issues don't touch voters everyday lives, it means nothing to them. With Democrats, the benefit of everything they legislate is years away, and with the last campaign, I didn't see too much emphasis in promoting what Biden and the Democrats had accomplished, tho it was a lot, and no mention of the year Americans would feel the impact, and $25,000 for a new home was meaningless to them because very few had the funds or were in the market to buy. Nor did they emphasize that anything their opposition promised couldn't be counted on. But you can't discount the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025. They had a Plan and Trump was their Messenger. And if you disregarded Trump's dishonesty and his habit of promising much and delivering little, if anything, he told a good story of a chicken in every pot and religious freedom for all Protestants and Evangelicals, and how he was going to rid us of the criminals (that build our houses, maintain our landscaping, and staff our hotels, restaurants and even hospitals, but this part was silent); and he told it over and over and over again until every American was familiar with it. Elon's campaign contributions and the Broz' he solicited to vote for Trump didn't hurt their campaign. Nor did the Silicon Valley shift to Trump with the promise of tax cuts and deregulation and, I suspect, a place at the table of the upcoming AI technological revolution.
Democrats represent 27%? of voters so our priorities have to appeal not only to Independents, but disenchanted Republicans as well. Yet they focus heavily on issues that touch a very small minority while ignoring that it takes a very large Congressional majority and President to pass that legislation. I come from a working class family but am comfortably retired. The Democratic wing of my family is interested in a good economy, and social equality; the Republican wing's interest was in a good economy (making ends meet), and I suspect, whichever candidate promised the most. A chips plant was being built in our community but was years away from opening, and many of them were even unhappy with the change it would bring to their town. I have to agree with Chuck Eagle's assessment, that if issues don't touch voters everyday lives, it means nothing to them. With Democrats, the benefit of everything they legislate is years away, and with the last campaign, I didn't see too much emphasis in promoting what Biden and the Democrats had accomplished, tho it was a lot, and no mention of the year Americans would feel the impact, and $25,000 for a new home was meaningless to them because very few had the funds or were in the market to buy. Nor did they emphasize that anything their opposition promised couldn't be counted on. But you can't discount the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025. They had a Plan and Trump was their Messenger. And if you disregarded Trump's dishonesty and his habit of promising much and delivering little, if anything, he told a good story of a chicken in every pot and religious freedom for all Protestants and Evangelicals, and how he was going to rid us of the criminals (that build our houses, maintain our landscaping, and staff our hotels, restaurants and even hospitals, but this part was silent); and he told it over and over and over again until every American was familiar with it. Elon's campaign contributions and the Broz' he solicited to vote for Trump didn't hurt their campaign. Nor did the Silicon Valley shift to Trump with the promise of tax cuts and deregulation and, I suspect, a place at the table of the upcoming AI technological revolution.