Why didn't the Blue Wave happen?

I think people were given the green light, and the cover, to hate and blame under Trump. They were empowered and it grew. For those who prioritize the economy, it's all about "I'm going to get mine." But I'd say 90% of the "real Americans" yelling about that either don't have stock or think their minuscule tax cut is permanent. They don't know it's only permanent for the wealthy. Wall St. is seeing it differently though. They went in with Biden. And there's NO question that the right wing media, and their foreign adversaries, sold pure bullshit to people who get off on fear. That played a big role in the elimination of truth, morality and character.

There [i]was[/i] a blue wave, but there also was a red wave so they kinda canceled out. Trump's ads about Kamala overthrowing Biden and doing SoCiAlIsM seemed absurd to us, but they succeeded at scaring the shit out of his base. So the far-right dummies came out in bigger numbers than before and voted Trump. No doubt Biden suffered from a lack of enthusiasm ofc since his policy is neocon corporatism, but after the pandemic and stuff that's all a lot of people needed.

Edit: Also, the Lincoln Project was a dumb fucking idea, McCarthyism just doesn't sell in 2020 and it's as simple as that.

I believe while covid hurt Trump, it also helped him. He downplayed his poor response to the virus but emphasized the need to revive and keep the economy going. That way, his message hit at the center that most Americans concerns - their bottom line. People want to return to normal and know their bank accounts will be fine, and Trump championed that issue, even if it all [i]was[/i] a mirage.

A combination of media diets and the fact that Joe Biden was just a "meh" candidate. I'm more amazed that he still rallied so manny people, how I'm looking at it this moment, it has more to do with the disgust a number of people have for the other side. Especially after how the entire COVID thing was handled. But Joe himself? "Meh"

blue wave didn't happen bc bidens campaign focused on flipping red voters blue. not gunna happen in a million years. republicans love trump no matter what he does. he embodies their 'ideology' too thoroughly.

Biden's campaign also made a ton of appeals by being aggresive and outright hostile to progressive votees. cost him the senate and a bunch of the POC demograph.

If biden wins it will be 100% because of trump hate.

If dems want to hold unto power they will have to chase nonvoters with progressive materially beneficial policies like M4A and GND etc etc

Super concise!! I thought this too :( it makes me so sad there are so many people whod support him

if you are honest if you look at both candidates neither are shining examples of what a united states president should be i am sure no disrespect to joe he has put up a great campaign even against a dead in the water opponent but i think if the democrats had put up a more dynamic candidate the game would of been up for trump by now@burnley123

Someone put it great earlier when asked the same. The answer was stark and bloody obvious.

If you target people, call them racist Nazis, and blame every world problem on them, obviously they are not going to vote for you.

He caused all the trouble and then spent the majority of his time proclaiming that he had either fixed it or was the only person that could fix it...

...the world has also drifted to places where being an asshole generally is unacceptable, so he gave a lot of resentful assholes their voices back...

I'm glad he didn't get a back to back term...but he will be back!

Trump will never win a Dale Carnegie award, but people listen when he speaks/yells/etc. This includes his haters and THAT, in turn, generates more publicity for him...not sure why no one has figured this out. It's a cult of personality and has zero to do with issues, imo. I see hilarious memes that skewer him and guess what? It's just more publicity, which then feeds both the sheeplike public and his narcissism. Want a politician you dislike to really go away? STFU about him or her.

I also think that people vote for someone who they think will work in their best interests, and as the numbers seem to bear out, neither side can claim that.

I'm not American but it does kinda boggle the mind. 🤷‍♀️

I'm seeing the responses.

I already know the answer which none of them cover.

It's what the bankers want; to see us divided and conquered by our differences, and exploited by commercialization. Unarguable facts.

The radical right wing voices within the Republican Party and the radical Progressive voices within the Democratic Party are not representative of the broader population. Americans are far more centrist than they realize. It’s easy for them to see themselves in candidates on both sides.

Incumbents have a lot of default momentum, unless they really screw up or are just silly (McSally lost AZ because she’s frivolous and Kelly is a locally known and very smart person)

Evidently people weren’t convinced.
And perhaps that demonstrates that the American people are a lot smarter than their representatives !

After all. Where was the choice ?
[quote]More of the same from either candidate [/quote] !

While bad politics is an issue in America, the factor that sticks out to me is that after all Trumps antics and broken promises win or lose. 68 million people still voted for him. Thats very disheartening..😷

I suggest people watch "The purging of votes" the vanishing of voters in Trumps America.

It shows that the MSM only represents a slight majority of Americans and there is a healthy population of Americans who neither listen to the MSM, nor the polls.

This bodes well for the future. Think if we can find a politician like Trump who is a little more politically savvy, less combative, and able to build a consensus and cultivate other politicians like him.

I can't understand how the race is so close after 4yrs of bullshit!! 🤔

People are scared and polarized, basically. The country is super wound up, and the voting is purely emotional. And Trump really did build himself a cult of a sort, that stuff isn't just hype, and will take some time to die off.

He has made it so that his followers no longer care about the truth.

So if you think all truth comes from the lips of an inveterate liar...

Our inability to agree on shared FACTS is a huge problem. By nearly any rational measure, he was the least-prepared, most destructive President we have ever had, and esp. has NOT "made America great again", but, in fact, HURT our power & position in the world.

But try telling that to people who don't understand much of anything, even that voting is by Congressional (H of Rep) districts...which is a prime answer to your query, because gerrymandering by Republicans is one of a set of disenfranchisement strategies which have proven to help them.

The way the votes came in made Joe’s soon to be win bizarre like with Pennsylvania and Georgia. My shocker was how far off they were with the South Carolina Senate race and I don’t understand how Perdue kept his seat in Georgia after the debacle in his debate.

Dont worry. They are still counting the mail in votes. It will be a blue wave before its done.

I think riots and protests actually scare a lot of people even if they agree with the reasons.

I think that many Republicans voted Party but not so much For Trump. 🤷‍♂️

I think it's pretty amazing, but I prepared myself for what nobody expected. I can't explain it though