Democrats love policies. They love candidates who have policies. Democrats feel comfortable with a plan, but the broader electorate often doesn’t share their enthusiasm for the details.
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The general electorate often doesn’t care about how things get fixed. Voters just want their problems addressed and fixed.
The key to why Donald Trump was able to be elected president is that he understood this fact about most voters.
Trump would offer insane promises that no one who pays attention to policy believed would ever happen, but he offered them in a simple way that made voters feel like he would address their concerns.
Donald Trump doesn’t have ten-point plans. Trump has lies, promises, and bluster.
During an August 2024 campaign rally in Asheville, NC, Trump said, “Under my leadership, the United States will commit to the ambitious goal of slashing energy and electricity prices by half, at least. We intend to slash prices by half within 12 months, at a maximum 18 months.”
The opposite has happened. Gas and energy prices have gone up. Nationally, energy prices have gone up by 25%. Gas prices have gone up by 26% since Trump returned to office.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told ABC’s This Week that the Democratic Party is unifying around affordability, “Well, you know, I think that this really is a moment, not just in Michigan, but across the country, where the party is unifying. The party is unifying, and it is focused on the November elections. We understand that our priority is the working class of this country. And we have to make the case that we’re here to make people’s lives better. And the Republican Party, right now, is jacking up prices, making housing impossible to afford. And we are focused on everything from healthcare to your grocery bill and making it more affordable for working people.”
Ocasio-Cortez went on to specify that it is one man in particular who is to blame for the increase in energy prices.