My take: I see a lot of sentiment for "Trump voter regret," but... It appears the public is getting exactly what they voted for, or so they think.
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Yeah. Despite the noise on Reddit, I suspect most of his base see what he and Musk are up to as a win.
I think most people don't see what he and Musk are up to.
How could they? The rate of news is insane, people are busy. Even reporters who do this all day get burnt out.
They're enjoying the circus but what happens when the bread stops?
Riddle me this. How can his approval rating be up if consumer confidence is down?
As it turns out, they're disconnected:
https://www.axios.com/2024/11/18/consumer-confidence-trump-republicans-white-house
After years of wondering why there was a disconnect between how Americans feel about the economy (bad) and the actual state of the economy (pretty good), we may have the answer — it was politics all along.
Why it matters: If politics is the main driver of consumer sentiment, then it's no longer nearly as useful as an economic indicator.
How it works: Both Republicans and Democrats see the economy more favorably when their party controls the White House, but the GOP skew is far more pronounced.
And the other way around, people can be cynical of the economy but still approve of Trump.
So, both are useless. Not that I'm surprised.
Neither is invalidated, per se, though consumer confidence is certainly not the economic measuring stick it used to be. So what is its usefulness now?
Approval rating is influenced by news bubbles of course, but this has always been true to some extent.
Translation: a majority of Americans confirm that they're morons.
How are that many people so dumb?