Trump wins presidency for second time, completing improbable comeback
thehill.com
Former President Trump has won the presidency, securing a second term nearly four years after he left Washington under a cloud of ignominy and with an uncertain political future, according to a pro…

DDHQ made the call after declaring Trump the projected winner of Pennsylvania and Alaska, which got him to exactly 270 electoral votes.

  • MightyCuriosity@sh.itjust.works
    29·
    11 hours ago

    As a non US citizen I’m genuinely curious: how could people vote for this convicted, deranged, senile, racist, homophobic grandpa? Like what arguments do they use?

    • Mirshe@lemmy.world
      13·
      9 hours ago

      Inflation. “The economy” was the #1 polled issue among Republicans by far. We saw this as well with Bush and Trump’s win in 2016 - for a lot of people, a scary amount, if you just promise “hey I’ll make the economy better.”

    • treefrog@lemm.ee
      22·
      11 hours ago

      Inflation.

      But I think racism and homophobia as well as religion is another big reason. It just was articulated a lot less by people.

        • treefrog@lemm.ee
          211·
          11 hours ago

          No it means because the inflation happened on the watch of the Democrats that the Democrats are getting blamed for it even though a lot of it was caused by how Trump handled COVID.

          But US voters have a very short memory. And Trump is a very good liar.

          Also I forgot to mention gender played a huge role in this. A lot of this is about misogyny and racism underneath the surface.

          Unfortunately, the Democrats should have ran a white man. Because that’s the state of this country really.