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Originally Posted by elphenor
Actually I've been looking at historians and political scientists who predicted the victory and they say it had nothing to do with Trump or Hillary and everything to do with the classic question
"are you better off now than you were 4 years ago"
So yeah maybe blame Obama's limp wristed neoliberalism go figure
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I think it's a bit more nuanced than that. To a conservative, the answer would almost assuredly be "no", just like the answer was "no" for liberals at the end of Bush's administration. This time around for liberals, the answer was "meh, wasn't too bad". That, combined with the incredible lack of excitement for Hillary and the very intense "no" coming from the right pretty much ensured a republican victory. I was worried about this the whole time, but held out hope that people could see just how bad Trump would be that they wouldn't elect him.
This has been how our country operates every cycle and why we've more or less taken turns in who has the power every 4-8 years. It's just that this time we really couldn't afford to "take turns". Alas, the left gets wayy too complacent.