Affordability and abundance seem synonymous, given how supply and demand works. Which makes me worried that the same issues that plague abundance agendas are going to plague affordability agendas: fealty to unions and special interest groups.
This is a great analysis of the outcome and driving force from these disparate elections. I guess I would offer two critiques: regarding Trump not focusing on affordability, I would say he is but not in ways Democrats would recognize. Removing illegal immigrants will bring down home prices if simple supply/demand economics is to be believed. Focusing on energy production has brought down gas prices which will reduce costs. And the tariff theory is that more manufacturing can be done in this country, bringing with it more jobs, higher wages and better economic stability and equality. Will these materialize? I’m not sure, but I think that’s the theory and we’ll see if things play out that way. That said, they’re longer-term market effects, not overnight policy wins. At some point they need to result in the benefits Trump is promising, obviously, but I think it needs more time to play out, personally.
I also was curious whether ‘no enemies to the left’ is a thing? For me, as an independent but more of a small government person, Mamdani and the rise of the DSA terrifies me. I equate socialism with Nazism, both are authoritarian governments that lead to death and destruction. I just don’t see how we’ve gotten to the point in this country that socialism is normalized and acceptable.
According to realclearpolling.com, an indispensable site that aggregates and averages the major polls, the president's approval rating was 44.8% last Thursday and 43.4% on Tuesday. That might not seem like a lot, but when you actually view the week-by-week chart front and center on the home page, you see what a nose-dive it is.
He picked a terrible week to go to war with SNAP funding because that had been the biggest story heading into election day. I don't know how big a difference that would have made on Tuesday, but it certainly didn't help.
Anyone studying Marjorie Taylor Greene's heterodox turn who can provide an explanation how it fits with her worldview? She seems to have her finger on the pulse of elections maybe more than her brethren.
Affordability and abundance seem synonymous, given how supply and demand works. Which makes me worried that the same issues that plague abundance agendas are going to plague affordability agendas: fealty to unions and special interest groups.
This is a great analysis of the outcome and driving force from these disparate elections. I guess I would offer two critiques: regarding Trump not focusing on affordability, I would say he is but not in ways Democrats would recognize. Removing illegal immigrants will bring down home prices if simple supply/demand economics is to be believed. Focusing on energy production has brought down gas prices which will reduce costs. And the tariff theory is that more manufacturing can be done in this country, bringing with it more jobs, higher wages and better economic stability and equality. Will these materialize? I’m not sure, but I think that’s the theory and we’ll see if things play out that way. That said, they’re longer-term market effects, not overnight policy wins. At some point they need to result in the benefits Trump is promising, obviously, but I think it needs more time to play out, personally.
I also was curious whether ‘no enemies to the left’ is a thing? For me, as an independent but more of a small government person, Mamdani and the rise of the DSA terrifies me. I equate socialism with Nazism, both are authoritarian governments that lead to death and destruction. I just don’t see how we’ve gotten to the point in this country that socialism is normalized and acceptable.
According to realclearpolling.com, an indispensable site that aggregates and averages the major polls, the president's approval rating was 44.8% last Thursday and 43.4% on Tuesday. That might not seem like a lot, but when you actually view the week-by-week chart front and center on the home page, you see what a nose-dive it is.
He picked a terrible week to go to war with SNAP funding because that had been the biggest story heading into election day. I don't know how big a difference that would have made on Tuesday, but it certainly didn't help.
Great campaign promise, hard to deliver on.
Anyone studying Marjorie Taylor Greene's heterodox turn who can provide an explanation how it fits with her worldview? She seems to have her finger on the pulse of elections maybe more than her brethren.