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We all know Trump voters didn't give two shits about the price of eggs. That's not why they vote for him.

by Tesl 1y ago

SV_BubbleTime 1y ago
If eggs were about inflation, why did the price drop back down?
- trenchpilgrim 1y ago
  Egg production is seasonal, there's way more supply during summer.
- righthand 1y ago
  Eggs are still up 200% per dozen near me.
  - SV_BubbleTime 1y ago
    I seem to remember “inflation is transitory”, but no, eggs aren’t up. Your dollar is down.
jfengel 1y ago
I'm less concerned with Trump voters (more or less the same people keep voting for him), and more with why ~10 million people didn't vote for his opponent (who had voted for her predecessor). I don't believe it had anything to do with the price of eggs, either. That was presented as the primary reason, and it's so clearly wrong that it makes me suspicious.
- mensetmanusman 1y ago
  https://assets.aseannow.com/forum/uploads/monthly_2024_11/Voters2.jpg.98eba91c4a8777615516092ddb18fd76.jpg https://assets.aseannow.com/forum/uploads/monthly_2024_11/Vo...
  - deeg 1y ago
    That graph is wrong. According to Wiki [0], Harris got 75m votes in 2024, Trump 77m. [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_ele...
AtlasBarfed 1y ago
They are voting for chaos, because the establishment in the Republican and Democratic parties simply do not care about the everyday people. As an environmentalist, I essentially have no party, and so while I hate Donald Trump, I understand exactly why he was voted into office.
- _DeadFred_ 1y ago
  One is selling off our national parks/forests, removing protections for marine sanctuaries, but you essentially have no party?
  - AtlasBarfed 1y ago
    The Democrats have functionally done nothing about global warming in the last thirty years except released even more CO2 in hot air paying lip service Yes, one is worse than the other. But in terms of real environmental policy, they are functionally the same.
    - dchftcs 1y ago
      Democrats brought EV credits and renewable energy subsidies, this government ended them.
    - lovich 1y ago
      They’ve functionally done a fuck ton while not knee capping the economy at the same time. The IRA injected a massive amount of funds into environmentally friendly technology and infrastructure. Half my street put up solar in the past 2 years because of these subsidies. The state of California passed the 2/3rds powered by renewables mark https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/07/14/in-historic-first-california-powered-by-two-thirds-clean-energy-becoming-largest-economy-in-the-world-to-achieve-milestone/ https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/07/14/in-historic-first-californ... The Republicans are looking at bringing back coal mining. You’re just completely incorrect in your classification of both parties being as bad on the environment unless your bucket is so broad as to be meaningless for use in comparing two organizations
    - 1y ago

We all know Trump voters didn't give two shits about the price of eggs. That's not why they vote for him.

by Tesl 1y ago

We all know Trump voters didn't give two shits about the price of eggs. That's not why they vote for him.

SV_BubbleTime 1y ago

If eggs were about inflation, why did the price drop back down?

trenchpilgrim 1y ago
Egg production is seasonal, there's way more supply during summer.
righthand 1y ago
Eggs are still up 200% per dozen near me.
- SV_BubbleTime 1y ago
  I seem to remember “inflation is transitory”, but no, eggs aren’t up. Your dollar is down.

jfengel 1y ago

I'm less concerned with Trump voters (more or less the same people keep voting for him), and more with why ~10 million people didn't vote for his opponent (who had voted for her predecessor). I don't believe it had anything to do with the price of eggs, either. That was presented as the primary reason, and it's so clearly wrong that it makes me suspicious.

mensetmanusman 1y ago
https://assets.aseannow.com/forum/uploads/monthly_2024_11/Voters2.jpg.98eba91c4a8777615516092ddb18fd76.jpg https://assets.aseannow.com/forum/uploads/monthly_2024_11/Vo...
- deeg 1y ago
  That graph is wrong. According to Wiki [0], Harris got 75m votes in 2024, Trump 77m. [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_ele...

AtlasBarfed 1y ago

They are voting for chaos, because the establishment in the Republican and Democratic parties simply do not care about the everyday people. As an environmentalist, I essentially have no party, and so while I hate Donald Trump, I understand exactly why he was voted into office.

_DeadFred_ 1y ago
One is selling off our national parks/forests, removing protections for marine sanctuaries, but you essentially have no party?
- AtlasBarfed 1y ago
  The Democrats have functionally done nothing about global warming in the last thirty years except released even more CO2 in hot air paying lip service Yes, one is worse than the other. But in terms of real environmental policy, they are functionally the same.
  - dchftcs 1y ago
    Democrats brought EV credits and renewable energy subsidies, this government ended them.
  - lovich 1y ago
    They’ve functionally done a fuck ton while not knee capping the economy at the same time. The IRA injected a massive amount of funds into environmentally friendly technology and infrastructure. Half my street put up solar in the past 2 years because of these subsidies. The state of California passed the 2/3rds powered by renewables mark https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/07/14/in-historic-first-california-powered-by-two-thirds-clean-energy-becoming-largest-economy-in-the-world-to-achieve-milestone/ https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/07/14/in-historic-first-californ... The Republicans are looking at bringing back coal mining. You’re just completely incorrect in your classification of both parties being as bad on the environment unless your bucket is so broad as to be meaningless for use in comparing two organizations
  - 1y ago