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Donald Trump spent his first 100 days back in the Oval Office driving an economy that the world envied to the brink of crisis, risking America’s reputation as a financial safe haven and fostering fear among voters who’ve lost confidence in his leadership.

Americans were desperate for relief from high grocery prices and bought into Trump’s promise to make America affordable again in November 2024, partly out of nostalgia for the pre-pandemic economy of his first term.

But the president deliberately and singlehandedly adopted policies that are almost certain to spike prices even more; that could lead to shortages; and that have CEOs and small businesses dealing with chaos and the possibility of a recession.

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[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The statistics of who stayed home VS who voted for a white man with the same policies (older white men/women and older hispanic men) shows most of the votes lost are from Kamala being a colored woman and our most bigoted groups responding accordingly.

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

100%. A woman of color? No way.

This is why AOC can't run for president. We would just be stuck with Trump 3.0 or some Republican poser.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think AOC could win since she's young and when younger generations do vote it's for younger progressive people.

But it also requires them actually communicating policies that will get young people to go vote.

[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Except young people (or all people) need to go vote in primaries for those they want.

You can't just wait for your perfect person to show up magically. Ie. Policies reflect people who vote, not the other way around.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 0 points 19 hours ago

Yeah and unfortunately we are at a point where even if she does run and win in 2028 the conservative majority SCOTUS wouldn’t let any of her laws stick around.

[–] AnalogNotDigital@lemmy.wtf 1 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Two very qualified women have been beaten by the worst presidential candidate in the history of the country.

In what world do you think the answer is running another woman?

I love AOC. I think she is the future of this country. But she would be much more effective in the senate. Let Gavin, Walz, or someone else who is in the white dude category be on the top of the ticket.

Is that fair? No. But do you want to be fair or do you want to win elections?

[–] bishbosh@lemm.ee 3 points 22 hours ago

Running on the status quo of a dying empire they lost to a populist lying about ousting corruption and forcing change. This story is a lot older than identity politics.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Two milquetoast Neoliberal women lost because them being women was enough to lose the few % of support their male counterparts had.

I think most people want leftist leadership these days. Most people want a third party.

[–] AnalogNotDigital@lemmy.wtf 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

So the issue with this thinking, is that those percentages will still be there no matter what candidate it is. I do agree with you that people generally prefer leftist policies. I'm a progressive, and would love a Bernie platform to be the policy foundations for the country.

The issue is, if you're going to voluntarily cede 2-4% of your electorate just because they are a woman, why not run someone who's a guy who has the same policy legs.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Personally I would vote for either. Idk if Bernie would make through a presidency but it would be a solid ticket if it was Bernie+ AOC as VP

[–] AnalogNotDigital@lemmy.wtf 2 points 13 hours ago

Bernie is just too old. I'm tired of geriatric people being in charge, to be honest.

He believes all the right things, but the issue is he has never, in his time in the senate, ever gotten anything major passed.

That is a huge part of leadership. You can't just 'be right' you have to also get things done. I love love love Bernie's ideas, but he has never been a good leader in that dept.