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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Yeah, as the Biden sub, Harris ran more closely than any other incumbent president/prime minister in elections last year.
The unfortunate part is that the Biden admin was actually very successful. And the issues that are being spoken of here - border/inflation etc. were all handled correctly or weren't even real issues at all.
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The administration was pretty unpopular even before those issues came to the forefront. Even by late 2021, Biden was in the low 40s for approval; he never really recovered after the Afghanistan withdrawal.
That said, inflation was a huge issue that basically killed their chances of turning the tide back, as it has been across the world for incumbents. Even though it's illogical, given these two options:
1) Prices rise 6% over 3 years; wages rise 5%
2) Prices rise 20% over 3 years; wages rise 25%
The average voter seems to prefer #1 even though in real terms they're falling behind. People like stable prices, and when they get big pay raises but can't really buy much more than before, they get angry.