1. So, I think reasonable people can agree that Trump was one of the worst presidents in American history, totally unfit for any position of authority and he presided over a disaster covid response. That leaves the interesting question of how he came so close to re-election.
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4. Polling pretty consistently showed that Trump got high ratings on economy and poor on everything else. That's due to 2 things: Fed Reserve moving to full employment policy (with rise in real wages) & robust CARES act (with UI top-up).
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5. As bad as Trump was, there are things worth copying: bullying the Fed to do full employment & low interest, generous stimulus (and sign the damn checks), & in general concrete results for supporters. More here:https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-learn-trump-economy/ …
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Isn't it pretty simple?
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Wait, no one has asked why?
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The people who voted for him don't think he's the worst president so you already fucked up your own argument.
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I think it's a combination of things. One underdiscussed: lots of USians have sort of come to think of 2nd terms as "deserved" regardless whether a pres does a good job? Also, obvsl, the con-media echochamber; also racism was popular with his voters.
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It's a good bet that the cheap stunt he did with the COVID relief checks -- his garbage signature -- probably won him an extra 5-8 million more votes.
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Are you seriously asking? It’s the racism.
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Hard to ignore that the political class and the media class were not up to par. Expected a lot more from the fourth estate.
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Also what about the antiquated machinations of the EC ripe for exploitation: 1. 33 states outlaw faithless electors. Why do we need people for this job? 2. It takes 2 months of meetings to certify an outcome we can calculate electronically?
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