Yes, you are right. Even an average politician wouldn't say something so directly to destroy his polling.... but for some reason the current US admin has gone extreme left on every issue very directly - saying kids don't belong to parents but teachers (actual quote from Biden), 9 month unlimited abortion (direct quote from his press secretary, and she reiterated it also), calling conservatives white supremacists etc.... they have gone ALL IN on every issue.
The result as you would expect is completely dividing not just independents, but the moderates in their own base. Last year's Gubernatorial elections in deeply Liberal heartland states like New Jersey were an indicator, and things have gotten much worse since (even deeper approval drops). Generic Conservative leads by 34 points Generic Liberal in battleground states this year - SO FAR. Senate and Gubernatorial elections this year will be a total Red wash
Sal@mander.xyz 1 year ago
Unfortunately, politics is a game of 'who can get more votes' and not 'who can create the best society', and there seems to be very little correlation between the two. Votes are gained largely via marketing propaganda, and this marketing is expensive. I think that having a two-party system and creating a highly polarized society is beneficial to the two parties in power, but it is awful to society.
iamtanmay@wolfballs.com 1 year ago
Things seem to have gone completely out of balance. If you consider the past 100 years, the politics today is so extreme... we took away the most fundamental human right to bodily autonomy via Vax mandates, trying to start Nuclear apocalypse, and the Great Depression 2.0.... all at once
Somethings are about to break