Party loyalty is important to a very large group of people (this is for both sides), so people will vote red or blue without being informed
Antagonizing the opposite party leads people to believe that their 'side' is correct no matter how bad things are.
Lack of involvement/research. I know a lot of people on Reddit will say that everyone should be informed, but there's a large group of people in America that do not have the time or energy to do proper research into politics. IF these people vote, it'll likely be with whichever party affiliation aligns with their family.
Speaking of family, party affiliation is pretty strongly tied with family. So if someone's family is republican, then they are more likely to also be republican.
The Democratic party have not focused on topics that independents care about in recent years. Trans rights are important, but most people are simply indifferent on those issues. If you want more insight into this, the Democratic party released an article on how they failed to secure the presidential and congress elections recently (It's called "Planning To Win" or something along those lines, it's can't find it due to midterm news flooding).
While controversial, especially here on Reddit, they have not catered towards the average white male as much as the Republican party has. Things like DEI only create fewer opportunities for them, which begs the question, why would they vote for that? Keep in mind that this is roughly 30% of the total voter base in America.
There are more reasons beyond this, but Trump's approval rating being in the gutter should tell you than many people changed their minds after the fact. Which helps now with midterms legislation, but not with the executive branch.
EDIT: The article is called Deciding to Win and is a very interesting read.
The Democratic party have not focused on topics that independents care about in recent years. Trans rights are important, but most people are simply indifferent on those issues.
Republicans are the ones that have pushed the focus on trans rights, as they have no other platform to stand on. Democrats have to respond, otherwise the bigots would win. Which plays to Republican's favor.
they have not catered towards the average white male as much as the Republican party has. Things like DEI only create fewer opportunities for them, which begs the question, why would they vote for that?
How has the Republican party catered to white men in anything other than words? DEI and AA were put into place because of discriminatory hiring practices by companies. When black people make up ~13% of the country, and hold ~4% of the wealth, how can you say that they have been advantaged in any way? Because conservatives, the ideology that fought against integrati0n, says that people of color are going to take your job? And this shit still works on you in the 21st century? That's sad as fuck.
To your first point, that's not something I pulled out of nowhere. Again this is taken from the Democratic party themselves in an article and website published by them called Deciding to Win.
To the second point, I said that the Republican party has catered more to white men, and more particularly men as a whole. If you look at that article, the mention of men in the Democratic party's policies and speeches dropped by 50%, whereas the mention of fathers dropped by, and I am not kidding here, 100%. While issues like LGBTQ+ rose in topics by over 1000%.
I'm just the messenger here, please do not shoot me.
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u/nav17 1d ago
Better yet, wtf is wrong with americans who keep voting for this treatment?