It seems like everyone is missing the bigger picture here:
no progressive candidate was going to win this year nor is likely to win in the U.S. anytime soon. Over the past 30 years, the right-wing has achieved near-total control of the media landscape in the U.S.
In conservative areas, Fox News is omnipresent—not only in homes but also in bars, laundromats, and even doctors' waiting rooms. This saturation gives Fox News the appearance of being a legitimate news source. And Fox isn’t alone; other "news" channels with even more extreme right-wing slants compete for attention.
Local stations are controlled by Sinclair Broadcasting, which inserts daily right-wing “editorials” into its programming. Add to that right-wing talk radio, which has been influencing suburban commuters for decades.
About 15 years ago, conservative media began actively expanding into Spanish-language talk radio, and since then, Democrats have steadily lost Latino support each election cycle . Ever wonder why that might be?
Now, there’s also a vast ecosystem of right-wing YouTubers and podcasters, some even funded by foreign interests, working to influence young audiences, especially Gen Z males.
And of course you have the internet - We saw what happened with Cambridge analytica in 2016 .. funny no regulations or laws were passed to prevent it from happening again. We have an oligarchy billionaire who owns one of the largest social media platforms in the world who has literally been on stage with Trump the past month.
Do you think maybe Musk might use X to spread disinformation and psychometric marketing to help elected Trump?
It’s not surprising that Harris has seen gains among college-educated voters, while Trump has made major inroads with Hispanic communities and young men. The Democratic Party faces an existential crisis: the right-wing disinformation machine is threatening to destabilize the country, and it's unclear what the solution is.
To illustrate this, here’s a chart of Americans’ confidence in the economy.
It’s worth noting that, until COVID hit, Trump’s economy was actually underperforming compared to the strong economy Trump inherited from Obama. But somehow in a slight worse economy Republicans suddenly thought everything was wonderful .(notice Democrats opinion did not change)
The stock market surged today (as Trump’s win signals lower taxes for corporations and the wealthy), and already on social media, posts are cropping up about how much better the economy feels now that Trump is back in power.
Update. Please read this twitter thread
Update 2 : An amazing study that just dropped
The link between media consumption and public opinion
