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Paleo's avatar

Didn't necessarily require a "perfect storm," but possibly an administration and campaign that tried to communicate effectively with the people directly on the issue.

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sacman701's avatar

That might have helped, but it would have had to start in 2021. Biden really only made a token effort at messaging throughout his term. Harris had just 3.5 months, which isn't nearly enough time to correct impressions formed over 3.5 years.

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ArcticStones's avatar

Precisely this! Because of the Biden AdministrationтАЩs lack of effective messaging, the news media echoed three-and-a-half years of Republican shit-talking of the economy, thus creating a very negative "vibe economy".

Regardless of the positive reality, and positive measures for which Biden-Harris never received due credit, with regards to inflation and crime and the border, Kamala Harris was fighting a steep uphill messaging battle.

Take a look at the Axios chart to which I linked!

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sacman701's avatar

Re the chart, that happens every time. The right-wing media report only good news when the GOP is in charge and only bad news when Dems are in charge.

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Toiler On the Sea's avatar

Again, the Biden Administration was out with positive messaging on the economy, IJJA, IRA, CHIPs routinely. Everyone wants a Monday morning whipping boy but there's no magic bully pulpit elixir Biden could've unleashed if the media-who wanted Trump back bad for revenues-didn't want to cover it.

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Paleo's avatar

Stop blaming the media for Biden's empty pulpit.

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Absentee Boater's avatar

I think the problem with saying that inflation is down is that doesnтАЩt mean that *prices* are going down - it just means they arenтАЩt going up fast. People are still in sticker shock about what things cost these days, and they arenтАЩt really placated by тАЬWell, itтАЩs not getting worseтАжтАЭ

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ArcticStones's avatar

True, lots of people improvement requires prices to come down, i.e. actual deflation. Many might also be ignoring that their own salary has grown at a higher rate than inflation. But somehow lots of Republican voters believe, that after Trump won, the economy is now magically better. (Look at the Axios chart!) Go figure!

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Tom A's avatar

You are vastly overestimating how much "I feel your pain" is a good message when you are in charge of causing the pain.

Sure we could have done more to blame various people who werent Democratic politicians, but then the question, as Trumps people put it is - if you could do something about it, why havent you.

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Paleo's avatar

ThatтАЩs not the message IтАЩm talking about. And who cares what they say. The folks who blame everything on the deep state?

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