Indeed, but it cuts both ways. Trump is older and more tired now, his shtick has kinda worn off outside of his core supporters. On the other hand, he's no longer race-baiting as flagrantly as he was in 2016. And he has an actual track record, we have a rough idea of how a Trump presidency would play out. Predictions that he's gonna crash the economy or start WW3 no longer hold weight.

The underlying electoral coalitions have also shifted. Many upscale, traditional GOP voters as well as many New England center-left figures gave Trump the benefit of the doubt in 2016, but have since become, or reverted to, reliable Democrats. On the flip side, the embrace of Trump by the religious right is now entrenched and he made significant inroads with working-class minorities who didn't pull the trigger on him in 2016 due to his rhetoric.

Perhaps the biggest factor imho is that Trump has been vindicated in a ton of ways by how the Biden presidency played out. From endless covid restrictions over vaccine mandates to government overspending, inflation, the fight against domestic fossil energy to de facto open borders and countless foreign policy disasters, a lot of the things Trump predicted in case Biden won have all come true. From my personal - obviously very biased - perspective, 2024 is the "I told you so"-election.

Cackling Kamala is just a nuissance in all of this.

This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Aug 10 2024 12:56am

All of your arguments literally hold no water. Govt overspending? Trump has added way more to the deficit. Covid restrictions? "Oh noooo, I had to wear a mask :(!" Literally had zero affect on my day to day. Inflation? Happens when you spend 8 trillion (trump), so Biden had to deal with it. Domestic fossil fuels? Generating more oil than any time in the US.

Turn off fox "news".

7.5 billion dollars for 8 electric vehicle chargers.
Spin that one for me.

Please no

Half of Trump's deficit came in the covid year, when massive government spending was inevitable. What is Biden's excuse for having a deficit in 2023 which was 70% higher than under Trump in 2019?

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/harris-says-she-supports-eliminating-021440968.html

LOL. We live in a society.

https://x.com/OANN/status/1822647530632679601

Joe Biden speaks on camera for the first time since being forced out, to say that he was indeed forced out. He specifically mentions that Nancy Pelosi and unnamed others (Schumer) pressured him to drop out of the race and doesn't elaborate.

Hundreds of millions of dollars of donations were magically laundered into the Harris campaign within a few days of her announcement, right after Joe Biden caved to demands from Pelosi. This is what it looks like when billionaires puppeteer your party and don't allow primaries, when the whims of Soros outweigh millions of caucus and primary voters.

2016 is the proof the democrats rig their party and the proof the republicans don't, and we've had three inorganic vs organic races since. The democratic republican party, they should just take the full name back.