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    7. USA: What happened in the American 2024 Presidential election?

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      Like many people the results of the 2024 election felt like a punch in the gut. I've been a news fast since then. I'm ready to start looking at what happened. I'm sure there are a lot of articles...

      Like many people the results of the 2024 election felt like a punch in the gut. I've been a news fast since then. I'm ready to start looking at what happened.

      I'm sure there are a lot of articles and videos.

      Could anyone recommend a fact based analysis of why Trump won? Something in the style of The Economist versus hyperbole laden news videos. :-)

      30 votes

    18. USA: Metrics for a presidential report card

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      Shortly after the election I saw a cartoon on Facebook titled "Let's Get A Baseline". It listed various prices for common goods and other assorted statistics. I looked up a few, and those were...

      Shortly after the election I saw a cartoon on Facebook titled "Let's Get A Baseline". It listed various prices for common goods and other assorted statistics. I looked up a few, and those were incorrect.

      A sort of "presidential report card" did seem like a neat idea to me. Something to be reviewed every January 20th. Perhaps in a chart that would make facts speak for themselves in social media.

      Are there any magazines or news sources that already do this? Something like The Economist?

      These are metrics I would like to see in such a chart, perhaps a bar graph.

      Please suggest others that you think ordinary voters would care about

      1. National debt
      2. Inflation
      3. Unemployment
      4. The GDP
      5. The literacy rate
      6. National match scores ( compared globally )
      7. The poverty rate
      8. Administration members indicted
      9. Average price of gas
      10. Average yearly salary
      11. Average retirement savings
      10 votes

    31. Is there a way for Donald Trump to run for US presidency for a third time?

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      for me, the only good part of Trump winning the latest election is just that this is his final term. if America/the world can just white-knuckle it through 4 more years of trump then I feel like...

      for me, the only good part of Trump winning the latest election is just that this is his final term. if America/the world can just white-knuckle it through 4 more years of trump then I feel like Trumpism/MAGA movement will die cause (call me crazy) but I don't see his base having that much enthusiasm or gusto for any other candidate. Trump seems unique in this unwavering supporting and loyalty-till-the-end regime he has created within the GOP with the help of Faux News.

      I figure 4 more years of insanity, then America's boogeyman will recede into the limelight and maybe it'll force the Democrat Party to campaign on policies that will actually help the American people rather than "we are not a fascist like trump".

      but I saw some headlines where Steve Bannon was talking about how to allow Trump to run again and I am not sure if that's just bluster from the MAGA movement as usual or there is a legit chance they'd find a way to strike down the 2 term limit for presidents?

      14 votes