Comment on We Talked To Real Swing Voters: What They Told Us Will Shock You. | More Perfect Union (15:57)

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mozz@mbin.grits.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

OH LOOK


Here are the main points covered in the transcript:

This summary captures the key points about Elliott County's unique political situation, the economic challenges facing its residents, and the complex factors influencing their voting patterns.


Emphasis is mine

I actually think the forgotten-ness of rural voters and their jobs and ability to make a living by both sides of the aisle is a hugely important story specifically vis-a-vis why Trump got so much support. I don't fully disagree with the thesis of the video.

However

I like to talk about this explosive growth of working class wages over the last 4 years (nowhere near enough but also something worth giving credit to Biden for). I wondered if that applied also to Elliot County -- I still don't really know the answer, but I found this, and if you click back to 2020 the bars only go up to $60k and in 2022 they were going up to $95k so that tells you some level of something.

It's also notable that I was able to predict what the piece would say without anything to go on other than educated guessing about what it might cover.

I would be curious to see something actually diving into how things have worked out (specifically taking Elliot County as an example) for the last few years, where that $95k actually came from, how common it is, how things worked out in 2023 and why, etc etc. Basically a real unbiased version of what this video is a somewhat blinkered form of, would be fuckin fascinating.

This isn't it though

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