Summary

President Joe Bidenā€™s economic achievementsā€”lowering inflation, reducing gas prices, creating jobs, and boosting manufacturingā€”are largely unrecognized by the public, despite his successes.

His tenure saw landmark legislation like the Inflation Reduction Act, CHIPS Act, and major infrastructure investments.

However, Bidenā€™s approval ratings remain low, attributed to inflation backlash, weak communication, and a media landscape prone to misinformation.

Democrats face a ā€œpropaganda problemā€ rather than a policy failure, with many voters likely to credit incoming President Trump for Bidenā€™s accomplishments due to partisan messaging and social media dynamics.

  • HelixDab2@lemm.ee
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    10 days ago

    Yes, I understand that. But on social media you arenā€™t necessarily getting right-wing propaganda, as thereā€™s plenty of left-wing propaganda and misinformation as well. Thatā€™s why Iā€™m saying that theyā€™re low- or no-information voters that are working solely on feels.

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      10 days ago

      Is there, though? I was trying to come up with some examples yesterday and all I can find from my admittedly lefty algo are fears propagated because of Trumpā€™s words or incoming cabinet appointments. They are at least based on actual recorded words as opposed to cherry-picked data or ā€œfeelsā€. I guess the left could be cherry-picking data to support their arguments also, but the logic seems more sound, at least to me.

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        10 days ago

        It is, yeah. When you look at accounts like Occupy Democrats and start fact checking them, thereā€™s a lot of bullshit that they post. Like, pants on fire kind of bullshit. I knew a lot of people that followed them. In order to get engagement, accounts need to stir up emotions and get people to react and comment; itā€™s easier to do that with things that outrage rather than dense policy positions.

        I want to believe that the political left is more intellectually honest than the right, but thatā€™s because Iā€™m mostly on the political left. (Iā€™m an anarchist at heart, but with a cynical disbelief in the ability of people to work together in a country the size of the US without some degree of authoritarian control.) So I try to fact-check all of the sources that I use for both factual information, as well as ideological biases.