Americans say country is on wrong track, but votes to stay on it

[Valletta]

She obviously triggers the red tribe lol.
They always fear powerful women. Alexandria is mentioned on foxnews more than our vice president. But a survey of dems found 83% feel she is good for the party. I cannot understand why republicans always feel a need to bash women in the other party. It's a bad habit that may also be another reason republicans can't even take an easy midterm election any longer. I can't really understand why she's of any concern with the issues republicans are now struggling with in their coalition. Foxnews is merely serving to increase her popularity. She might be president one day.

https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-ame...americans-think-ocasio-cortez-is-bad-for-the/

It sounds to me like you've got the parties reversed.

 

[NxNW]

Well, that's the "Trump path". Was a great 4 years while before biden derailed everything.

Aside from the pandemic, the recession, riots, indictments, and Trump trying to assassinate his own VP.

 

[NxNW]

Lower gas prices, lower food prices, lower mortgage rates

Corporate profits are up, unemployment is down, GDP is up. Sounds like you oppose the free market.

 

[loveofourlord]

What?

what? your the one that thinks AOC isn't qualified, mind telling me what oz's qualifications are other then he sells quack cures wich he has gotten in trouble for? Before he ran thats the only thing I knew about him.

 

[WintersDust]

what? your the one that thinks AOC isn't qualified, mind telling me what oz's qualifications are other then he sells quack cures wich he has gotten in trouble for? Before he ran thats the only thing I knew about him.

OK

 

[WintersDust]

Aside from the pandemic, the recession, riots, indictments, and Trump trying to assassinate his own VP.

You have proof of that incindiary last accusation regarding President Trump?

 

[Brihaha]

It sounds to me like you've got the parties reversed.

I don't doubt it. Perceptions are tricky.

 

[FireDragon76]

We may believe that America is on the wrong track, but Americans don't seem to agree about what the right track is. To describe it in very broad terms, the nearly 50/50 split in the Senate tells me that half of us think the country is too far to the right, and half of us think the country is too far to the left.

I don't believe it's actually 50/50 in the general public. For one thing, the Senate greatly overestimates the number of rural voters.

 

[FireDragon76]

Not if the current path has gotten us record-high inflation, increasing crime, increased poverty, and now closer to nuclear war than at any time in history.
One only needs to look back a couple years to see how much better things were, who was in charge, and where we should look to make things better than they are now.

Things weren't all that much better a few years ago. The reality for most Americans is that the country has never really recovered since the Great Recession of 2007.

 

[loveofourlord]

given some of the crazy dangerous things the right is doing with election denial and such maybe the wrong track they are thinking is being more extreme on the right and why there was no red wave.

 

[Larniavc]

In numerous polls prior to the 2022 mid-term election, Americans say they believe America is on the wrong track,

Don’t trust polls?

 

[Vylo]

There is such a thing as going in a different direction. When a person (or country) realizes they're headed the wrong way, it would only be insanity to willingly continue in that direction.

That isn't what they voted for, they voted to change direction. Biden and democrats aren't the exclusive direction things are going, when you have conspiracy theorists running for office and judges attacking women's rights.

 

[KCfromNC]

In numerous polls prior to the 2022 mid-term election, Americans say they believe America is on the wrong track, or headed in the wrong direction. With democrats in power in both the executive and legislative level, it makes sense that they would not vote to keep the same people in power, but demand change. But instead of change, we appear to be headed for more of the same if the final vote tally continues to indicate that democrats will continue to be the majority in power.

Guess they thought the GOP would take it even further off track.

 

[KCfromNC]

Doesn't the November 2020 election shenanigans show us that we don't actually vote to be on any track?

The last two elections show that the US seems to have a consistent "don't vote for the GOP's current state" track.
I think that's an argument the GOP needs to double-down on their current talking points, maybe doing the same thing over and over will lead to a different result for them.

 

[KCfromNC]

Well, that's the "Trump path". Was a great 4 years while before biden derailed everything.

A look at Trump's economic legacy

Yet as he leaves after his one-term tenure, Trump has become the first president since Herbert Hoover during the Great Depression to depart office with fewer jobs in the country than when he entered.
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Perhaps voters have a longer, better memory than this post is giving them credit for.

 

[KCfromNC]

Aside from the pandemic, the recession, riots, indictments, and Trump trying to assassinate his own VP.

Plus withholding defensive weapons from Ukraine because they wouldn't lie about one of his political opponents. Maybe voters don't want to return to that track.

The GOP could easily fix that by de-Trumpifying, but for some reason they don't want to - meaning they're to blame for their own misfortunes.

 

[High Fidelity]

There actually is an effort in the GOP to distance themselves from Mitch McConnell. Without Mitch they could have gained the majority in the Senate.

More along the lines of Trump.
The sooner they amputate that embarrassment from their history and move forward getting back to conservative values the better.

 

[Tskjesusfreak]

I don't believe in politics, I don't vote and if I did cast a ballot, I would write in "Jesus is King" all down the ballot unless someone that I can trust to run the local city that I'm living in than I'll vote for that person but other than that I don't get involved with politics.

Political discussions however I'm completely in trenches, LOL.

 

[Yttrium]

Yet as he leaves after his one-term tenure, Trump has become the first president since Herbert Hoover during the Great Depression to depart office with fewer jobs in the country than when he entered.
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I don't blame Trump for that one. Although Trump badly bungled the recovery, I blame COVID-19 for the huge job loss. On the other hand, it's a good factoid to bring up when people start blaming presidents for economic woes that are beyond their control.

 

[BPPLEE]

A: 'How do you think your team is going to go this year?'
B: 'Not well. I think we're heading in the wrong direction. Maybe we need a new coach'.
A: 'How about this guy instead?'
B: 'Are you kidding me? He's got no idea whatsoever. No way I'd want him in charge. If that's the choice then my vote goes to the guy we already have'.

Make sense?

Sure. Fetterman is obviously the better choice. He has so much in common with Biden. He should run for President. Fetterman 2024