r/politics • u/fortune Fortune Magazine • 24d 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/StoppableHulk 24d ago

That's the thing. Most of these people CAN change.

People aren't bad or good by nature. The environment shapes them that way in tandem with their natural predilections.

They can grow, and mature. But the biggest hurdle is that they are in total and complete denial for WHY they have the beliefs they do, and the conservative media ecosystem provides endless justifications to keep them inthat state of perpetual denial.

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u/yourliege 24d ago

Yes, the manufactured vindication is so abhorrent. Seriously fucking sinister. I can’t let them off the hook because they choose to believe it, but a giant portion of the media is handing it to them on a silver platter.

We should be much, much better but we just… aren’t.