In every presidential election, some voters always make a choice and vote for a candidate they may not be so enthusiastic about. Sometimes later in a president’s term, when the economy is down or things look bad, a group of people will regret their vote.
All the usual political cycles seem to have accelerated during Donald Trump’s second administration. After his first term, Trump left the White House as one of the least popular presidents in history. When he returned to the White House in 2025, he was still unpopular, but he had a positive net approval rating.
Many voters voted for Trump because he represented change, and they were angry at Democrats because of the state of the economy. It didn’t help voters that the Democratic Party essentially panicked and imploded in the summer of 2024, switching its candidate without giving VP Harris a chance to run a real campaign.
It didn’t help that voters were angry, and many seemed to have decided to support Trump early on as he promised to immediately return the economy to pre-COVID levels, then stopped paying attention to the campaign.
This seemed like a situation where many people could very quickly regret voting for Trump if things got off to a bad start, but how many people feel regret or disappointment is astonishing.
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