They vote on what they think will benefit them now. But yes, they seem to have completely forgotten how terrible things were during his presidency. They just want something different, no matter what it is. If Darth Vader came down and said his new Death Star project was going to stimulate the economy, they'd vote for him.

[–] Astrealix@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Honestly, this entire year of elections globally has been "things are shit and we want change". If the LDP and the ANC could fall in Japan and South Africa respectively, the Dems were always gonna be fighting massively uphill even if the US does have a better economy than most countries rn.

[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah, it's happening all over the world. AfD in Germany, for example, is gaining a lot of traction when last time they were dismissed as kooks. Not a coincidence that the world leaders excited about a Trump presidency are the usual suspects.

[–] Astrealix@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

France, Japan, UK, South Africa, Canada and Germany looking dicey like you said; Modi basically, as well, and Taiwan only survived cuz of vote splitting. People just want change.

[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Hell, I want change too. So why would I elect the same dude again?

[–] Astrealix@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

cuz the guy in charge right now is the Dem. :/

[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Exactly. It doesn't really matter who the candidate is - for a lot of people the cycle is to just elect someone from the other party every 8 years because the economy isn't fixed.

[–] Astrealix@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Let me make it VERY Clear that being off-topic is fine in the discussion threads. we're a community of people who are gooners, that doesn't mean we can't talk about things that aren't Arsenal related.

[–] nuggsy@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That gave me a well needed chuckle xD

[–] Astrealix@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm sure we can twist Doctor Who into being related to Arsenal somehow.

[–] nuggsy@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I think he fucked up and changed a timeline he shouldn't have.

I demand he fix it forthwith

[–] Astrealix@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

wibbly wobbly timey wimey

this is all because he ended Harriet Jones's Golden Age

[–] Astrealix@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

fuck

[–] Astrealix@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Relocating a UWCL game cuz of the carabao cup. Fucking disgrace man, the men's should be the ones to give up their home advantage.