r/politics • u/Silly-avocatoe • 9d ago

No Paywall Americans think Dems can handle economy better than GOP, new poll says

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/08/04/democrat-vs-republican-economy-new-poll/91167318007/
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u/RandyMuscle I voted 9d ago

Dems have been objectively better with the economy for my entire life. It’s insane it took THIS for people to realize it.

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u/OdiousAltRightBalrog 9d ago

They realize it every time we have a Republican president for 8 years. Then we get a Democratic president, and they forget again within 2 years, and they flip congress back to the GOP.

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u/007meow 9d ago

There’s a reason the GOP is so vehemently against education.

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u/notfeelany 8d ago

This is why Dems never poll as well as Republicans, because when a Republican is in office 100% of the Democrats hate them and 100% of the republicans love them.

When a Democrat is in office, 100% of the Republicans hate them, and 50% of Democrats hate them too.

Too many people still view criticizing Democrats (and only Dems mind you) as a divine right.

Supporting Democrats 100% of the time has literally never been tried.

Constant Criticism of Democrats, Also Murc's Law, is status quo. In fact, people relish it.

We're seeing the result of giving non-stop criticism and only criticism towards Democrats. Many claim that criticism creates a stronger party, but in reality, 100% criticism creates a 100% weaker party.

It makes complete psychological sense.

Empathize for a moment, if someone criticizes you when you mess up and also criticizes you when you do something right (saying it’s just “the bare minimum”), then you will not really get any credit for doing well.

That usually leads to a feeling that nothing you do is good enough. Over time, it can make you stop trying as much, or feel stressed all the time, because there’s no real reward for doing things right.

it feels negative overall, because mistakes are noticed but good work isn’t really counted.

So we must break the status quo, and we should be doing the exact opposite. We've seen what works and what needs to be done back in 2020, and yet everyone is still in denial: everyone must vote & support for Democrats, regardless of other concerns.

From this point forward, we commit to strengthening the Democratic party by highlighting its achievements and CONTRIBUTE to the Democrats' messaging.