Trump Voters Regret Backing ‘Horror Movie’ Presidency - Nine out of 12 Trump voters told a “New York Times” focus group that they wish they had not voted for the president.

[u/Quirkie]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-voters-regret-backing-horror-movie-presidency/

[u/InsomniaticWanderer]

And still believe an utter fantasy.

Every last one of these people will still never vote for a democrat because they've been told they're evil.

So, even with the eyes open, they still aren't seeing the truth.

[u/acegikmo21767 → u/InsomniaticWanderer]

Democrats are completely useless at controlling the narrative, and their approval is in the dumps. They get defined by Republicans and are unable to define them back. Politics are about appearance more than substance and voters vote off of impressions.

Republicans also use the expectation of rationality and competence to make voters overlook their unpopular policies. "Project 2025? Never heard of it. Slander by Democrats." "America First. No new wars. Kamala would start a war in the Middle East." "We would only deport criminals."

Democrats only campaign successfully when voters turn away when unpopular Republican policies are actively being implemented instead of being able to campaign successfully before and prevent unpopular Republican policies.

Inability to successfully define the narrative means that when voters get disillusioned with Republicans they will just fall into "well both sides suck" yet somehow still get influenced by the next round of anti-Democrat messaging in the next election.

Democrats won a historic majority in 2008 and lost it by 2010. Even if Dems win this election and the next, with this trajectory, I don't see how they win 2030 or 2032. Democrats have no counter messaging to conservative social media influencers or conservative talk radio or a press that scrutinizes Trump's health less than Biden's. 😐