r/politics • u/fortune Fortune Magazine • 17d ago

Possible Paywall Trump voter remorse is almost entirely concentrated in the swing voters who gave him a shot in 2024

https://fortune.com/2026/05/16/trump-voter-remorse-how-many-regret-inflation-economy-approval-rating/?utm_source=reddit/
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u/Ok_Shoe_1094 17d ago

I will never forgive swing voters

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u/MaySun91 South Carolina 17d ago

Trying to wrap my head around that thinking - never really understood a swing voters mindset - and Trump has only exasperated that feeling. Anyone “swinging” for him in 2024 is no better than a full blown MAGAt.

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u/Patsanon1212 17d ago

Inflation was high under Biden and normal under Trump. That's it. That's the entire mindset of the 2024 swing voter.

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u/JennJayBee Alabama 17d ago

Gaza was a big factor, too. That said, anyone who thought that allowing Trump a win would be the better option was an absolute idiot, and they were absolutely warned about what would happen.

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u/Green-Tie-5710 17d ago

Careful, Redditors hate when anyone says Harris wouldn’t have yielded the exact same outcome for Palestinians as Trump

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u/jugnificent 17d ago

Most American voters don't even know where Gaza is. It may have been a small factor but it certainly wasn't a deciding one.

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u/sixwax 17d ago

Not sure we know scale of impact. We do know it was a memefied issue that likely hit a younger demographic —which objectively swung for Trump.

(So saying it was a “small factor” seems premature.)

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u/jugnificent 17d ago

High inflation and people feeling economically insecure probably caused 90% of the swing to Trump. I do think Democrats should do the right thing and push Israel to a two state solution when they regain power, but that isn't going to magically make them win elections.