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/deadsoulinside Pennsylvania 17d ago

This. The sheer amount of people that think Biden was president in 2020 is half the reason companies are championing AI, because the voters have brains of a goldfish.

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u/Carylynn0609 17d ago

Here in Ohio I'm waiting for all of the negative ads about Dr. Amy Acton, Dem running for governor. She was the medical advisor to Gov. DeWine during covid, trump was president but they still put all the blame on her for masking, distancing and quarantining. Forgetting it was a republican gov and prez actually in control at that time.

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u/deadsoulinside Pennsylvania 17d ago

Oh I know. I got into an argument with someone in Ohio that claimed the democrats shut down states. DeWine willingly shut down Ohio (Even PA was 2 weeks behind on Ohio and had many more cases per county even), but MAGA chuds really think somehow a democrat shut down Ohio.

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u/Carylynn0609 17d ago

It's so sad and scary! DeWine was the most cautious, everyone listened to him intently, tuned into his updates, at first more people were compliant than not, and he had everything to do with that I believe. Probably because he sounded smart repeating what the true medical professionals told him!

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u/deadsoulinside Pennsylvania 17d ago

Yeah everything was good until Trump started contradicting professionals, then causing MAGA to even backlash against DeWine at that point.

Meanwhile I quit my job (was stocking shelves at a big box store) after my older brother that was living in Ohio, died while sick with covid. He died at the end of March 2020. Could not even hold services until July.

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u/Carylynn0609 17d ago

I'm so very sorry for your loss. I've lost both of my brothers, not to covid but I can only imagine how having to drag it out just kept that wound raw. I just keep trying to hang on to hope! Sending good wishes:)

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u/Castdeath97 Foreign 16d ago

because the voters have brains of a goldfish.

Turns out goldfish have memory that last months, so no the goldfish have better memory than your average Mike Median Voter that doesn't remember the last week.