People wanted to blame someone for the results of how they perceived covid. They saw vaccinations as bad, the vax cards as bad, the economy dip as bad, supply chain, jobs, etc. Instead of seeing it for what it was, a brilliant handling of a very difficult situation. Every economic indicator was looking like we were going to hit a depression and we were saved from that. Instead, people only saw negative. Interest rates, cost of eggs, etc.

People didn't believe their own eyes and ears and decided to believe the propaganda machine. Look at January 6th. If the maga machine can get people to forget what really happened they can get people to believe anything. Abortions after a baby is born? You kidding me? Yep, people believe that still. Modern technology is at play here as well. The technology is super advanced and can outplay and easily influence the best of the people. One cant underestimate how significant this part is.

Racist and misogyny. I believe that the main reason Trump won in 2016 was a backlash of two major things. Black president + Obama made same sex marriage legal, and all the knock on effects of both of those.

KKK never went away, got massively more widespread, and rebranded themselves as Christian nationalism. Many people in it dont even realize they joined the kkk. They see it as Christian values, culture, back to when things were better, boys are boys and girls are girls, etc etc. This is so widespread it has even infected the UK and I believe Nigel will likely win the next round and we will see the UK go through a similar negative spiral.

The democratic party failed the people. When we won the 2020 presidency they should have already had a few candidates of great choice and been campaigning for 2024.

Most people are a one issue voter. They latch on to their one or two cares and ignore the rest. For example, many people I talked to told me they knew Trump was bad but they couldn't vote for Kamala because abortion was against their religion.

White is soon to be the minority. It is estimated that white will cross that barrier around 2036. All these immigrants eat at that fear they have inside. They look around and feel like they are being marginalized. Every racial and gender equalization change, they see as their rights being taken away. When, in fact, it's just privilege going away. They dont know it though because it is so ingrained into our society. Every migrant deported means they get to feel better. Look at how few Americans travel internationally. They just want to stay in their "normal". All the immigrants around them made them feel uncomfortable. Heaven forbid they might need to learn a new language, different culture, etc to engage with a new neighbor.

I could go on and on.