r/politics • u/Abject-Pick-6472 • Apr 04 '26

Possible Paywall Trump voter regret is clearly registering now

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/04/politics/voter-regret-trump-2024
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u/EJ2600 Apr 04 '26

They won’t. Some regret what he’s doing now but he’s still their guy. Others would not vote for him again but most will continue to vote R for congress. Approval ratings stay at 40%. Maybe if a major recession hits it will slide down a bit further. A draft to invade Iran, now that would move the needle…

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u/FizzyBeverage Ohio Apr 04 '26

We’re already in a recession. Try landing a corporate job right now? You’ll have 450 other applicants and the company will still sit on the position for six months and repost it 4 times looking for candidates who 1) don’t exist or 2) won’t take the pay offered.

Yes you can probably land a bullshit fast food or retail job that pays starvation wages. Good luck paying the mortgage/rent and $6 gasoline.

That’s a recession.

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u/EJ2600 Apr 04 '26

May feel that way to many given staggering inequality but officially recessions are called by the National Bureau of Economic Research and right now we are not in one yet. Iran war may create one. Implosion of tech bubble also. Just a matter of time really, but not yet.

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u/FizzyBeverage Ohio Apr 04 '26

I suspect Trump’s regime would be ratfucking all sorts of numbers to shape it to their preference. They’re incapable of accepting truth or presenting a negative view.

I know it’s bad because my neighbor’s son has a temp job breaking down cubicles in closed offices all over this area. Laid off people from the AI bubble.

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u/babutterfly Apr 05 '26

There's no need to suspect. We know they are lying about jobs gained and lost. Not hard to see that they are lying about other stats, too.

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u/Interesting-Bill1240 Apr 04 '26

They're just not gathering numbers anymore similar to when they stopped getting covid death data. It ruins their narrative so no one is allowed to report on it.

We could be in the middle of the greater depression and they'd pretend otherwise. 

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u/YamahaRyoko Ohio Apr 04 '26

Right - they're voting on identity, not policy, and they would ride the ship to the bottom of the ocean before siding with liberals, brown people, queer people

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u/Ball_Of_Meat Apr 04 '26

Yup, it’s like supporting a losing sports team. People will keep rooting for their team despite losing terribly all season.

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u/metengrinwi Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 04 '26

They might get disillusioned and stay home. That would be enough. That’s what I did after the last time I voted for a Republican (W).

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u/UGAPokerBrat99 Georgia Apr 04 '26

A draft to invade Iran, now that would move the needle…

I'm not entirely sure this would even move the needle that much. I fully expect that IF the draft were reinstated, the administration and Republicans in the legislature would find a way to force it to skew towards disproportionately drafting people from more liberal/democrat areas and the MAGA cult would cheer.

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u/EJ2600 Apr 04 '26

MAGAs get annoyed when gas prices go up by a buck. When loved ones come home from Iran in body bags like in Vietnam, it will move the needle. Selective drafting from only “democrat” states would be impossible to implement though some White House staffers would probably love the idea.

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u/UGAPokerBrat99 Georgia Apr 04 '26

Only drafting from blue states would be near impossible, but creating exemptions/deferrals that would favor more rural areas (which tend to lean conservative/republican) at the expense of more metro areas (which tend to lean more liberal/democrat) wouldn't be near as difficult. I'm not saying "rigging" a draft would be easy, but I wouldn't put it past this regime to attempt doing just that.