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Self Esteem

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15. According to exit polls...

Reply to In It to Win It (Reply #10)

Sun Nov 17, 2024, 05:55 PM

Nov 2024

Nationally, Biden won the union vote 56-40 over Trump in 2020. Harris won it by 53-45. So, she did three-points worse than Biden and Trump did five-points better than he did in 2020. That's a swing of eight-points.

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Why didnt Biden reverse Trumps China tariffs? Were there even some tariffs increased, [View all] LexVegas Nov 2024 OP

Probably agreed with them I would guess MichMan Nov 2024 #1

IDK, but I was kind of surprised Trump's campaign didn't make a bigger issue of that. CrispyQ Nov 2024 #2

I believe some were related to steel manufacturing Raven123 Nov 2024 #3

Because he played to the rustbelt with the steel tariffs. Self Esteem Nov 2024 #4

And those votes make no sense whatsoever, as do many others. ananda Nov 2024 #5

and Kamala Harris voted to save their pensions. In It to Win It Nov 2024 #10

According to exit polls... Self Esteem Nov 2024 #15

Wasn't it mostly (or exclusively) Trump's steel tariffs that they kept? keep_left Nov 2024 #6

No. It was pretty much all of the. Some increased. nt LexVegas Nov 2024 #7

To protect our domestic green manufacturing industries and semiconductors In It to Win It Nov 2024 #8

So the Trump tariffs were a positive? nt LexVegas Nov 2024 #9

Some yes. Some no. Some of the tariffs hurt our farmers because China responded to Trump's tariffs In It to Win It Nov 2024 #12

Why werent the bad tariffs removed after Trump was defeated? nt LexVegas Nov 2024 #13

My guess is because the change had already happened. He couldn't undo the effects of China's response In It to Win It Nov 2024 #14

This borders on gaslighting maxrandb Nov 2024 #11