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52 percent of US voters thought tariffs were a good idea when Trump was touring with this message — even though most economists said it would hurt the economy.
Now 60 percent oppose the tariffs.
So when your kids ask why they have to learn math, you can safely say, "Because those who did not learn, voted for Trump".
@randahl the politically active uneducated male... the insufferable gift that keeps on giving
@randahl oh god it's the cursed percentage
52%? there aren't that many Trump supporters among voters. you have to remember USA doesn’t have one-person, one-vote elections for POTUS. Trump’s wins were engineered no thanks to the Electoral College.
the poll must have been for #GOP voters. it would make sense that 52% of Republican voters thought tariffs made sense and now they don’t.
@randahl what's staggering is the 40% who still support Tarrifs.
There's the problem.
The swing is nice, I suppose.
But, damn
@randahl what 40% still wants tariffs now?
@epistomai yep. Because they have not had their health insurance bill yet.
@randahl I suppose they're also the ones who support ICE doing raids at parking lots, just approaching any brown skin people even if nothing to do with Latins
@randahl It’s not just math. Teaching young children to use the past tense is now optional. I work with families, and I constantly hear kids say they eated lunch or someone got deaded, and no one corrects them. My grandson is now being taught this in first grade, because in Kindergarten they let them say it either way.
@randahl 100% this!
My thought the entire time was: because education in USA is dismantled, disabled, disfunctional. It is the answer to almost all questions "how us this even possible" regarding the current USamerican administration.
@randahl That’s because we Americans are mostly ignorant to basic things like the economy, civics, and quantum physics.
@christopherbrown I just don't get it. If every voter has been through at least primary school, how can most voters not deduce from simple math that a tariff raises the price they have to pay for a product?
Mind-blowing.
@randahl @christopherbrown Their egos were invested in Trump. They'd rather kill us all than admit they got taken by a conman. That or they're just straight up racist/sexist/homophobic and otherwise infantile and emotionally stunted.
It could be that those voting for Trump lack intelligence or it could be that they failed to use what intelligence they had as they were mesmerized by the orange pied piper.
@randahl We keep lowering the standard of education to meet standardized test scores instead of teaching critical thinking skills along with basic academics.
Some people are one issue voters.
Mostly, though, Americans just do not turn out to vote. For example, in Texas we have several state constitutional amendments to vote upon. Locally, in San Antonio, we have to vote for funding on refurbishing a stadium, a new NBA arena, and rodeo space. Typically 8%-12% will turn out for these issues.
@christopherbrown that is really sad.
Here in Denmark we have our local municipality elections coming up in a few weeks. We call it the commune elections (Danish: Kommunalvalg).
Usually 65-75 percent go to vote in my municipality, and some municipalities are over 80 percent.
@randahl It drives me mad!
@randahl @falcennial @christopherbrown in Europe AFAIK voting usually happens on a day free of work, and you just show up with an ID at a location close to where you live (usually within walking distance) and that's it.
In USA I hear voting is usually on a workday, you have to register in advance that you are going to (and apparently which side you're voting for?), and then drive however far to that location.
One is not like the other.
@viq in Denmark voting is on a workday too. Some come running in just before the polls close at 20:00, because they have had a long workday.
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