An interesting take, but I feel like ecosystem effects should be considered here. As a long time Democratic consultant I'm painfully aware that roughly half of the things voters enthusiastically say they want them enrage those same voters if it's ever actually tried, see also the ACA, both in its passage and gradual dissolution. To a certain extent these voters were going to immediately sour anyway, because they show up for the religious aspects of American politics rather than actually wanting them to happen.
I also know that the more words go into a statement, the more confused voters get and the less consistent their behavior is. You can slice "US military is good" into any number of hypotheticals that would say the same thing on the structural merits, and get completely different answers from the same respondent. People simply don't walk around engaging with what the government does on a daily basis, because they neither need nor want to know.
As an actor within the system, I do not put much stock in these early measurements specifically because they are at a point of high uncertainty where no one knows what is going on, especially the current White House.
Great writeup of how in just a few weeks into the new administration, some of the "promises" made that young men supported are already unraveling. I'm surprised that so many would fall for the classic meme coin rug pull which has been going on for years.
An interesting take, but I feel like ecosystem effects should be considered here. As a long time Democratic consultant I'm painfully aware that roughly half of the things voters enthusiastically say they want them enrage those same voters if it's ever actually tried, see also the ACA, both in its passage and gradual dissolution. To a certain extent these voters were going to immediately sour anyway, because they show up for the religious aspects of American politics rather than actually wanting them to happen.
I also know that the more words go into a statement, the more confused voters get and the less consistent their behavior is. You can slice "US military is good" into any number of hypotheticals that would say the same thing on the structural merits, and get completely different answers from the same respondent. People simply don't walk around engaging with what the government does on a daily basis, because they neither need nor want to know.
As an actor within the system, I do not put much stock in these early measurements specifically because they are at a point of high uncertainty where no one knows what is going on, especially the current White House.
Great writeup of how in just a few weeks into the new administration, some of the "promises" made that young men supported are already unraveling. I'm surprised that so many would fall for the classic meme coin rug pull which has been going on for years.