Biden Has Fully Embraced YIMBYs and Will Lose Suburban Voters

[Anonymous]

The Biden admin (in the Council of Economic Advisors report) recently announced support for a host of key YIMBY policy initiatives this week, like eliminating single-family zoning, reducing minimum lot sizes, and eliminating parking minimums a few days ago. These reforms may be popular among policy wonks, but it remains to be seen whether this will be helpful (or harmful) for Biden's election prospects among suburban voters in key swing states. There has been broad pushback against these initiatives in many states that do not neatly align with traditional partisan politics. Is this a good idea or bad idea for the Biden Admin to discuss addressing this issue so close to the 2024 election?

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ERP-2024.pdf
The zoning reform discussion starts on page 163 for people that want to read it.

[Anonymous]

Just when I think I couldn't like him any less, he proposes more unneeded progressive crap and proves me wrong.

[Anonymous]

Trump and current GOP are so bad I disagree with most of what Biden is doing and yet I have no choice but to vote for him. I'm a pretty typical burb voter, and an independent.

[Anonymous]

I’m legitimately thinking about switching my vote over this.

[Anonymous]

I am not sure why this is a bad thing. We have a limited amount of land, so we should be increasing density where this is infrastructure, rather than eating up our arable land for single family home on acre plots an hour outside our cities. It is crazy and unprecendented in human terms to be so wasteful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trump and current GOP are so bad I disagree with most of what Biden is doing and yet I have no choice but to vote for him. I'm a pretty typical burb voter, and an independent.

That’s pitiful and so are you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m legitimately thinking about switching my vote over this.

Good thing zoning is a local and not federal issue, then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m legitimately thinking about switching my vote over this.

Good thing zoning is a local and not federal issue, then.

They are going to try to force it on local communities by tying federal funding to zoning reforms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m legitimately thinking about switching my vote over this.

Good thing zoning is a local and not federal issue, then.

They are going to try to force it on local communities by tying federal funding to zoning reforms.

So you think eventually having people commute 2+ hours and not having arable land close to suburbs and cities is a good thing?

[Anonymous]

What does this have to do with federal level policy-making? Why is this even mentioned?

[Anonymous]

Who in suburbs is even aware of this? Except maybe in Nassau County which was the test run for AFFH under Obama. Trump warned about it, but no one cared.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m legitimately thinking about switching my vote over this.

Good thing zoning is a local and not federal issue, then.

Right?! I’m stunned by people here. Talk about reactionary with no info.

[Anonymous]

Y’all complain about the homeless crisis.
Y’all complain about a housing shortage.
Y’all complain about proposed solutions.
Rinse and repeat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m legitimately thinking about switching my vote over this.

Good thing zoning is a local and not federal issue, then.

They are going to try to force it on local communities by tying federal funding to zoning reforms.

Yes, so what? Don’t take federal funding then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trump and current GOP are so bad I disagree with most of what Biden is doing and yet I have no choice but to vote for him. I'm a pretty typical burb voter, and an independent.

I feel like a hostage of the Democratic party
.I'm just going to write in Nikki Haley/mitt Romney and hope for the best