Since as far as I can remember, I’ve been hearing this over and over and over, how Republicans are better for the economy.
Now we are in Trump 2.0, and the stock market is shit, despite Biden left a decent economy. Do you think this will be the last straw to force people to challenge this notion?
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Since as far as I can remember, I’ve been hearing this over and over and over, how Republicans are better for the economy.
Now we are in Trump 2.0, and the stock market is shit, despite Biden left a decent economy. Do you think this will be the last straw to force people to challenge this notion?
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Only if they get educated. I’m not holding out much hope for that.
If the Democrats put the effort that the Republicans do into spreading that message, then maybe
Yes.
During last year’s DNC, Bill Clinton shared a stat on job creation by Republicans vs. Democrats, basically that Republicans created 1 million jobs since 1989 vs. Democrats creating 50 million.
Now I think that number is a little misleading and it definitely takes advantage of the financial crisis starting during Bush’s presidency and recovery during Obama’s and similarly the COVID crash during Trump and recovery during Biden, but I also felt it’s kind of smart basic message that is technically true. If the Democrats were smart, they’d be on TV repeating this message every day.
Republicans win the messaging game because they repeat the same very basic comprehendible lies 1000s of times until they become true in the public eye. They same Democrats and fiscally responsible and support open borders. It’s time the Democrats do the same and this is an easy script that Democrats could flip in their favor – there’s no reason why we shouldn’t be the party of job creation and they the party of job loss.
>Do you think the general population will ever stop thinking “Republicans is better for the economy”?
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Only when Republicans really put in the effort to make it obvious and then only for a short time horizon.
Republicans understand that the average voter who actually matters when it comes to elections needs a convincing narrative and a whole lot of vibes operating on them for decades. These voters are not convinced of this because of data and data will not convince them to change their mind. Democrats need to message effectively and convincingly with a consistent message over the period of decades.
People can call them stupid as much as they want but the voters are what the voters are and if you want to actually win elections, you have to understand that.
This is the fourth Republican administration in a row to start an economic crisis, they are 3 for 3 on economic crises in the 21st century alone. I will never understand how any rational person could think they are best on the economy. It’s just insane to me.
Nope, people believe what they want to believe. Any hard republican will always think they are better for the economy, and the media converts anyone on the fence to believing Republicans are better for the economy. I think the general population will always think this.
Starting in November, I started talking about how how every Democratic president of my lifetime had to pass an economic recovery bill. I have since posted some version of the same three times since January. It’s not magical to predict economic recession under a Republican president. It’s just basic pattern recognition.
The general population believes whatever it is told by the media, so they will when the media starts pointing it out.
Probably by about May or June…
Republicans have been destroying the economy since 1929.
We need another Bill Clinton.
As a small business owner I’ll say liberals don’t say enough about helping small businesses. They’re known as the party of more red tape, and more barriers to entry to doing business. The “free hand” of Adam Smith has become more of a Republican ideal. They need to change that narrative.
Maybe for a little while at a time. And then when Democrats clean up their mess, they’ll get mad and remember that they wanted their ruinous bullshit and vote for the people promising to give it to them.
It depends on whether the Democrats nominate stronger presidential candidates. Five of the last six people Democrats have nominated have been very weak candidates (even though one of them won, barely). I keep arguing with fellow Democrats saying Harris ran a strong campaign. If she did, how did so many people wind up thinking that Biden had been bad for the economy?
Nothing lasts forever. Public opinion always changes and when a party gets a majority and/or the presidency, that party is responsible even if they can run.
No.
They’ll think that for a tiny amount of time, and then completely forget.
Republicans keep causing economic crashes with their shit policies, and yet people keep voting for them. I don’t have any hope people will magically grow a brain.
Democrats need to dive head deep into making their states and local governments much more affordable to live in. This will help give us more control in Congress, which will allow us to do more nationally.
Not really. They think cutting taxes is fiscal responsibility and therefore better for the economy.
No.
White men = Good for the economy
Women and minorities = Bad for the economy
There’s nothing more to it. It’s all about the symbols subconsciously etched into our minds.
I’m still waiting on the trickle down from the 80s to hit me.
As long as Fox news exists to say Republicans are better for the economy then no.
I don’t think that’s what the population believes. When they perceive the economy to be going poorly, they think the incumbent establishment needs to go.
That is different than believing it is specifically republicans that are good at it
Yes but the thing is, is that in order for this to happen there needs to be an approach from the democrats that doesn’t get perceived as condescending, and this will include democrats acknowledging that they host some groups that, within said groups form of activism, push people away
There will have to be some “humbling” so to speak
No, not in any lasting way. We see this every time the GOP crashes the economy and it goes away the literal instant a Democrat takes over.
No.
The siren song of lower taxes will always get people to believe they are good for the economy.
Why? Because people want to pay less taxes, so they will find a way to convince themselves that it will be good for the economy to lower taxes.
Depends how the tariff hustle will go. It could be a total disaster or total win( depending what is the actual end plan with it). So far it wasn’t looking good, especially because of the chaotic nature of this plan
It would help if the Democrats would actively campaign on that.
History shows that normally every recession starts towards the end of the Republican term, so Democrats have to fix it. Republicans have used those first couple of years against the Democrats for years, before Trump I would say likely no. Trump is doing such a terrible job that he likely to destroy the Republican party for generations. That if we are able to vote as normal once he done.
Eventually, after their policies make their lives worse.
No because Republicans gaslight their audience into thinking it wasn’t their fault and the general population has the memory of a goldfish
Are you kidding a year from now when we’re buying $2500 iPhones Republicans still will be thanking Trump for the pain he’s causing then.
No. Republicans control the media. If people were going to realize republicans are worse for anything at all they would have realized it under Bush.
Everyone in the UK realized the conservatives are bad for the economy, and they did much less than trump. Surely it’s only a matter of time.