The fight against rising prices has essentially been won. But few in the electorate seem aware.

Summary

President Joe Biden’s economic achievements—lowering inflation, reducing gas prices, creating jobs, and boosting manufacturing—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, Biden’s approval ratings remain low, attributed to inflation backlash, weak communication, and a media landscape prone to misinformation.

Democrats face a “propaganda problem” rather than a policy failure, with many voters likely to credit incoming President Trump for Biden’s accomplishments due to partisan messaging and social media dynamics.

  • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
    423·
    2 months ago

    Democrats need to be louder in blaming the people at fault. Harris should have been screaming about the economy Obama left Trump vs the economy Trump left Biden. She should have been screaming that from day 1!

    • BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca
      267·
      2 months ago

      They wouldn’t trust the messenger. We need to come to terms with the fact that a not so small group of people need fear to be motivated to believe anything.

      We need a rage baiting group of influencers pushing the Left’s agenda. It’s sad, but it’s needed.

        • seaQueue@lemmy.world
          23·
          2 months ago

          What she needed was outrage at those responsible. Corporations.

          The DNC isn’t allowed to bite the hand that feeds them their funding

          • nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            52·
            2 months ago

            So then more fascism it is. And Dem’s would rather stand by than stop it because even stopping it isn’t very profitable for their owners.

            • Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world
              31·
              1 month ago

              Oh ya, the old addage that if conservatives can’t win elections they will abandon democracy not conservatism has an inverse.

              If capital won’t support the means for a liberal to win elections they will abandon victory before capital.

    • Omega@lemmy.world
      81·
      2 months ago

      They should have been screaming about it four years ago. Biden chose to take the high road and not talk about the previous administration.

      • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
        91·
        2 months ago

        And Obama tried to take the high road too. And for 8 years republicans grew a huge population of people that learned to blame democrats for everything. Now it’s just second nature to most people to hate democrats.

        • seaQueue@lemmy.world
          102·
          2 months ago

          We’ve had like 25y of limp dick Dem moral high road at this point and it should be clear that this approach doesn’t sell to anyone except the educated minority. Guess what? The educated are a minority and you need a majority to win elections.