2024 U.S. Presidential Election Thread: Donald Trump wins & will return to the White House; GOP wins U.S. Senate & U.S. House

[CrimsonTider]

@CrimsonTider is the conservative voter Kamala attempted to reach. it’s why he is happy with her campaign and feels she made no mistake.

It’s crazy to me that yall won’t concede that you were wrong about immigration.

Biden tried to do what yall wanted for 2 years and once he started to see it was unpopular he changed course

 

[CrimsonTider]

that's what got us here in the first place

"he's a reality TV show business guy he won't win"

"he's a criminal who started an insurrection he won't win"

Dems still think it's about the man when's it about the ideology. If another republican can come along with a polished version of the the Trump ideology will be right back here next election.

People said this about Desantis. The next Trump doesn’t exist

 

[Robbie3000]

Breh, there’s no way to argue that people were feeling hurt by the economy so they ran out to vote for the guy talking about increasing tariffs and canceling social economic programs.

That does not compute with reality.

I’m not letting you throw these people “ignorance” bail. They knew exactly who they were voting for and why, and it had NOTHING to do with the economy.

Before the election, I would have agreed with you. But after looking at the results, I think it’s a mix of both. when I look at how many Dem voters sat out this election, the number of minorities who shifted to Trump, Kamala getting a bigger share of the white vote, then racism/sexism as the sole cause becomes increasingly less likely.

Maybe we need to be charitable and take these voters at their word even if their perceptions of reality is wrong.

The economic anxiety stuff is not even rooted in fact or rationality, just feels. Did my dollar go further in 2019 than 2024? No. then let’s go back to Trump.

 

[acri1]

Another reason to hate Biden. He was literally too mentally gone to defend his economy and didn’t want to give that responsibility to Kamala.

If economic anxiety is the reason she lost, then ceding ground to Republicans on economy when you had a record setting stock market, lowest unemployment in decades, and rising wages was a grave error.

It used to drive me crazy when they just allowed the lie to spread that Trump’s economy was better. Eventually that lie became the truth. It’s the only argument Trump supporters offered.

Let's not be naive here and overstate these "economic anxiety" arguments.

Hillary was a woman who destroyed Trump in the debates and had much better policies that Trump (and the economy was actually good then) and she still lost. Kamala was a black woman who did the same and lost even worse. Biden (a white man) was able to beat Trump (at least before he became senile and unpopular).

Sometimes the simplest reason is the most honest one I'm extremely unconvinced that any economic messaging would've made a difference.


And this is from someone who voted Bernie in the primaries twice.

 

[Worthless Loser]

Breh, there’s no way to argue that people were feeling hurt by the economy so they ran out to vote for the guy talking about increasing tariffs and canceling social economic programs.

That does not compute with reality.

I’m not letting you throw these people “ignorance” bail. They knew exactly who they were voting for and why, and it had NOTHING to do with the economy.

That's the thing. These voters don't know how tariffs and cutting social economic programs work. Did you see the videos that went viral of MAGA idiots not understanding how tariffs worked. They thought it would be a good thing and had to get corrected. There are millions of people like that. Most of the country dont know anything about economics which is why Trump can fake it til he make it.

I've long mentioned the other reason. I originally said Harris would lose because she is a minority woman. Im focused on the economic reasons right now.

Another reason to hate Biden. He was literally too mentally gone to defend his economy and didn’t want to give that responsibility to Kamala.

If economic anxiety is the reason she lost, then ceding ground to Republicans on economy when you had a record setting stock market, lowest unemployment in decades, and rising wages was a grave error.

It used to drive me crazy when they just allowed the lie to spread that Trump’s economy was better. Eventually that lie became the truth. It’s the only argument Trump supporters offered.

Well, Biden was defending the numbers. The problem is that nobody cared about how good the numbers were because of inflation. Do you remember the polling that said like almost half the country thought we were in a recession? These people are stupid and don't know how the economy works. Which is why you have to explain shyt to them like a child.

 

[Frump]

that's what got us here in the first place

"he's a reality TV show business guy he won't win"

"he's a criminal who started an insurrection he won't win"

Dems still think it's about the man when's it about the ideology. If another republican can come along with a polished version of the the Trump ideology will be right back here next election.

Trump gets no college working class on a level no republican has ever gotten that’s not gonna automatically be duplicated with a Trump mini me with no charisma

Btw if you think this means I’m saying Dems shouldn’t change a thing I’m not all I’m saying is Trump is a cult like figure who’s hard to beat

After every election I’ve ever seen whoever loses there is always doom and gloom talk where people question if the group that lost will ever win an election again and it turns out to be bullshyt

 

[NoMayo15]

They’re not 2 different things to most Americans. All they know is deportation severely decreased under Biden until he ramped them back up in 23

I know. Most Americans are very very stupid

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Land doesn’t vote

It did this year.

 

[NoMayo15]

why fukking remove them at all? i hope trump puts it back on day 1

enough pandering to illegals. that era is finished

Probably because of the humanitarian crisis it was causing. But fukk those people, right?

 

[Baracka Flocka Flame]

I'm laughing at all the people changing their prediction on who would win AFTER the election is over. what's the point?

 

[Outlaw]

It did this year.

They always do. The cities didn’t vote. That’s the problem

 

[NoMayo15]

5 years ago they should have been finding a new younger candidate to groom and push. They tried playing us stupid with Biden.

True, I thought they were going to push Biden out and put someone like Newsome in his place. He seemed to have been getting more national recognition, and he looks the part. Personally, I really like Buttigeig.

 

[Loose]

S/o to warlord biden, being a zionist is more important then winning

 

[Frump]

 

[Reality Check]

5 years ago they should have been finding a new younger candidate to groom and push. They tried playing us stupid with Biden.

The one silver lining is the bench Dems have now is much deeper than it was in 2016 when Trump initially was elected. Hopefully Trump's policies don't immediately doom the planet by the time the '26 midterms come around.