"In 2020, Joe Biden won by promising that he could restore normalcy to American life. That did not happen. As the biological emergency of the coronavirus pandemic wound down, the economic emergency (inflation) took off. An affordability crisis broke out around the world. The public revolted. Last year, practically every incumbent party in every developed country lost ground at the ballot box."
"So Trump won. And for the second straight election, the president has violated his mandate to restore normalcy. Elected to be an affordability president, Trump has governed as an authoritarian dilettante. He has raised tariffs without the consultation of Congress, openly threatened comedians who made jokes about him, pardoned billionaires who gave him and his family money, arrested people without due process, overseen the unconstitutional obliteration of the federal-government workforce,"
Zohran Mamdani, Mikie Sherrill, and Abigail Spanberger won notable races amid broader electoral shifts. Inflation and an affordability crisis became dominant voter concerns after the pandemic waned, producing global losses for incumbent parties. Gallup found the economy as the only issue a majority rated extremely important. CBS exit-poll analysis showed eight in 10 voters who were worse off financially backed Trump, and the AP VoteCast survey found inflation-focused voters were nearly twice as likely to support him. Trump won an affordability-focused election but has governed in ways that contradict that mandate, adopting authoritarian measures and eroding norms.
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