Many voters are weary about a Biden-Trump rematch in 2024. Third parties hope they can fill the gap - The Mainichi
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PHOENIX (AP) -- The 2024 presidential election is drawing an unusually robust field of independent, third party and long shot candidates hoping to cap

PHOENIX (AP) – The 2024 presidential election is drawing an unusually robust field of independent, third party and long shot candidates hoping to capitalize on Americans’ ambivalence and frustration over a likely rematch between Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump.

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    and he hasn’t shit the bed?

    • WIllow Project (oil drilling project in alaska)
    • Palestine
    • student loan debt (well, there’s some progress on it, but its far from complete.); cost of tuition. 0
    • Dreamers.
    • Immigration reform. Customs detention facilities. dealing with the asylum crisis.
    • Policing reform.
    • codifying Roe v. Wade.
    • Housing costs; and other debt.
    • Core inflation has come down, but the kind of inflation people feel on a daily basis hasn’t (Food and energy paramount here.)

    Seriously, compared to any ex-president other than trump, and at best he’s “Meh”.

    The CHIPs act voted with overwhelming republican disapproval. So doesn’t seem like a no brainer decision for Republicans which makes it rather surprising that it passed in general. Same thing with the Inflation Reduction Act which is the biggest spending bill for the environment for US and world history. Republicans overwhelming voted against it in the House and Senate as well.

    Yep. because they’re the party of shitting themselves and blaming democrats. the point being, though, that while Biden did a fair amount of heavy lifting there- he didn’t do all the heavy lifting. Those bills aren’t exclusively biden’s win.