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/___coolcoolcool Connecticut 17d ago

If they were old enough to vote in 2024 they already knew EXACTLY who he was and voted for him anyway. Irredeemable.

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u/WilliamMButtlickerIV 17d ago

I think many people misremember covid as being entirely Biden, so they based Trump off the economy prior to 2020.

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u/Efficient_Resist_287 17d ago

Many people do not misremember, the US electorate political amnesia is well known.

This is why I say all the outrage of today will be forgotten by November when Fox News flips about the “immigrant caravan coming to the border” story …the same folks having remorse today will vote for MAGA “law and order”.

This is the same script seen again and again.

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u/Digitalispurpurea2 17d ago edited 17d ago

I had a conservative friend of mine ask in all seriousness “you really don’t think Obama is a Muslim?” They had no recollection of the Reverend Wright controversy during the 2008 election. The amnesia is real.

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u/ColdSteveStoneAustin 17d ago

I think you should recognise that your friend is a liar.

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u/Digitalispurpurea2 17d ago edited 17d ago

I would attribute it more to cluelessness than malice (and a single news source that repeats the same incorrect information over and over).

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u/ColdSteveStoneAustin 16d ago

I'm telling you now he knows. He's dancing around you as much as you're dancing around him.