Summary

President Joe Bidenā€™s economic achievementsā€”lowering inflation, reducing gas prices, creating jobs, and boosting manufacturingā€”are largely unrecognized by the public, despite his successes.

His tenure saw landmark legislation like the Inflation Reduction Act, CHIPS Act, and major infrastructure investments.

However, Bidenā€™s approval ratings remain low, attributed to inflation backlash, weak communication, and a media landscape prone to misinformation.

Democrats face a ā€œpropaganda problemā€ rather than a policy failure, with many voters likely to credit incoming President Trump for Bidenā€™s accomplishments due to partisan messaging and social media dynamics.

  • pjwestin@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I think youā€™re right about Trump. I think he was a shit-show last time because he didnā€™t expect to (or, in my opinion, want to) win, and now he has an apparatus that is set up to enable him. Iā€™m very afraid of what a competent fascist movement looks like.

    Communication is certainly a problem for Democrats; Trump was able to talk for 3 hours on Rogan, while Harris went on Call Her Daddy for less than s full episode and told a well rehearsed anecdote Iā€™d heard twice before. Theyā€™re too obsessed with legacy media and polish to sound authentic. But the platform has to come first. If they fix every problem with this campaignā€™s communication in 2028 but run another middle-class opportunity platform with Mark Cuban, they will lose.