[Stocks are] really not that important in the overall context of things, but I have some money invested, so that 's good for me, I guess." -NC Hispanic man
People voted for Trump because we thought we were going to get lower costs of living, to some degree at least, and everything has just increased in price. -GA Black man
So I have an EBT card, and it's a lot harder to prove certain things in order to qualify for that. So just little things like that, they all add up, and I think they need to focus on us more than other countries. -MI white man
At first him speaking his mind was refreshing and I saw him getting a lot accomplished, but then it just got mean and nasty and very unbecoming. And it just made me cringe and I just didn't like him anymore. -AZ white woman
Deportations were a thing he was talking about, just not to the extreme. I would say yes, I was surprised. -MI Black man
I thought the focus was going to be more on securing the border, focused on hardened criminals, not so much everyday folk. -MI white man
I think the ICE has a place in this country right now because of the influx of illegals, but I also think the ICE officers have not been adequately trained. -ME white woman
All the South Koreans, I believe, that were going to be the instructors and teach Americans how to do that job--we had this whole thing where they refused to come back, and now they're going to let AI and robots do the majority of jobs. -AZ Hispanic man
And I also feel like I liken it to 1936 Germany with the brown coats [sic]. And so, there has to be a better way to do this - ME white woman
I think he should take care of the US first instead of acquiring other countries. -AZ white woman
I couldn't believe that I was complicit in deportations and I felt horribly and cried a lot about it and everything. I guess I kind of knew, but refused to pay attention to it because it just seemed ridiculous in my head to think things could really go that way - MI Hispanic woman
Absolutely. This should prove--prove--that the American electorate is not voting based on policy. American elections, especially at the national level, are purely vibes based. The Democrats' sweaty triangulation and technocratic wonk proposals will never win them elections, because their vibes are rancidly bad and that is all that matters. Nobody is paying attention to your policies. Most people don't know what your policies are or even have policy preferences themselves.
I mean, if the democrats (or anyone, who cares) campaigned on something like a national rent freeze, or increasing the minimum wage, or medicare-for-all, or any other easy-to-understand policy that would benefit the overwhelming majority of American workers, then they just might. Instead it's all inscrutable bureaucratic tax credits and wonk shit.