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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is what I voted for.

How do you explain such poor approval ratings for the democrats? [/quote]

A mix of many reasons.

50% the monetary policies that started under Trump 45 to ward off Covid-induced recession. It was known  in 2020 the cost of avoiding a long, steep recession then would be major inflation years later. Remember there were worries in 2020 Covid could trigger the next Great Depression.

10% DEI reaching a fever pitch following Floyd’s murder.

10% The Taliban retaking Afghanistan practically overnight, wasting nearly two decades of war, following Trump 45 negotiating directly with the Taliban without the Afghan government a year before. That’s actually when Biden’s job approval turned negative and never recovered.

10% Russia invading Ukraine, which Putin knew would give Trump fans more to complain about 2 years later.

10% the war in Gaza, which simultaneously made Dems look too soft on Israel for its destruction of an entire civilian population’s home and too sympathetic of Hamas for criticizing Israel at all.

10% Biden not making way for a younger Dem candidate!
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There's a simpler reason that Republicans, as unpopular they are, have a higher approval rating than Democrats. The Republican Party stands for something, and the Democratic Party (meaning the establishment, DNC) doesn't stand for anything, or if it does, it has no idea what it's doing. The MAGA Republicans have a floor at 35% which is the MAGA cult, and add to that the billionaire/capital elites who will support anything that increases their bottom line.

Democrats just aren't appealing to anyone. Progressive Dems and Bernie Sanders/AOC/Squad etc appeal to their base, and individuals in congress might be well-liked by their particular constituents, but that's it. 83-year-old Nancy Pelosi making calls to get 74-year-old Gerry Connolly to beat AOC for Oversight leadership while she was in the hospital for a hip replacement epitomizes what the establishment Democrats have become. [/quote]

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