Another article on #Trump voters with regrets.
https://www.alternet.org/wsj-2024-trump-voters/

It's very tempting to use these articles as excuses for gloating and blame. But the constructive way to read them is to help us understand why #Democrats failed to persuade these voters before the election. We can't afford to throw away good data.

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'I feel so stupid': These 'horrified' Trump voters are having serious buyer’s remorse

2024 marked Donald Trump's fourth presidential campaign and his third as a Republican — and was the first time he won the popular vote, defeating Democratic nominee Kamala Harris by roughly 1.5 percent natiowide.Many Trump allies are describing his 2024 victory as a "landslide," which it wasn't; 1.5...

Alternet.org

Bracket what you've heard about how #Trump pulled in so many voters last month. It's a complex problem and many factors contributed to the outcome.

Here's one factor I hadn't heard about: Rs did a better job than Ds in targeting undecided voters. This came in two parts. They did a better job identifying undecided voters, and they did a better job finding media channels that let them target just those voters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/us/politics/trump-streaming-ads-strategy.html

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How Trump Targeted Undecided Voters Without Breaking the Bank

The Trump team had a huge financial disadvantage. It made up for it with a strategy that allowed it to narrow the focus of its ad dollars.

The New York Times

From @leninology: "Simple measures of economic self-interest aren’t a very good predictor of voting behaviour…And if people voted with their wallets, why would many working-class Americans back a candidate committed to cutting taxes for the rich? The political effects of economic misery are more indirect than 'It’s the economy, stupid' implies."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/11/far-right-leaders-economy-voters

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Far-right leaders are winning across the globe. Blaming ‘the economy’ or ‘the left-behinds’ won’t cut it

The economy matters, but the likes of Trump succeed by offering voters revenge for problems both real and imagined, says author and Salvage founder Richard Seymour

The Guardian