The Reasons That the Last Election Did/Did Not...

First, statistically, 9 million eligible voters less than in the 2020 election bothered to vote in 2024.

Inflation isn't the problem, the minimum wage is.

The federal minimum wage is still (15 years and counting) $7.25 an hour.  That is a living wage absolutely, and I almost never use "absolutes," nowhere in these United States.

How does this travesty still exist?  Ask a Republican, if a blank stare is your idea of an answer.

United for Alice suggests that 4 in 10 US households exist (too often unsuccessfully) from paycheck to paycheck.

Economies grow when people can afford to live (buy at least the minimum of life's requirements), save (for unexpected, large, expenses), and invest (for the possibility of vacationing and/or retiring).

Too many Americans aren't able to do the things listed above.  There are many books and articles, oft based on verifiable facts, that state (reasonably unequivocally) that only Democrats are interested in solving the wage, to say not of employee benefits, issue.

The misunderstanding, and/or intentional misrepresentation, of this cost of living problem (combined with: misogyny, racism and machismo) explain how the last election cycle ended.  If the election results are allowed to stand (see also: Section 3 of the 14th Amendment) the problem could get much worse before it could possibly be made better.

 

What did not cause the results of the last election was that the the Democrats went too far to the left... If you think that, then you'll be OK with the streets in your neighborhood being allowed to revert to unmarked trails.

 

That's just the start. Electricity and wired telephones (all telephones were originally interconnected by wires) were available outside cities, because the government insisted on it. Have a look around you when your wireless Internet, cell service and mapping software fail. GPS doesn't fail because the DOD uses satellites.

See also: water, wastewater, NOAA weather services, US military, etc... All function with consistent, boring regularity because they are government regulated or provided services.

If you're looking for where innovation comes from, see: FFRDC (Federally Funded Research and Development Centers); tier 1 and 2 research (mostly public) universities.

Our daily lives are dependent on, dependable because of, what government does. The reason that you aren't aware of this is because doing their jobs, quietly, is what public servants do.