From Jack Vaughan - USA @jackvaughan.bsky.social
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Reading the news: A Euphoric Tech Industry Is Ready to Celebrate Trump and Itself ...
But their Giddiness is based on Confirmation bias that misleads....
Last year was notable because it was the first time that Republicans won the popular vote since 2004 ...
But the victory does not stand out compared with much larger shifts in previous elections, like the 25-point turn toward Democrats in Jimmy Carter’s 1976 victory or the 23-point flip toward Republicans in Richard Nixon’s 1968 win.
However the medias generally go with the Landslide narrative - which is easy for sports-attuned public to go with too ...
After 4 years of incessant Trump trumpeting and Biden bashing the populi were worn out...Biden too!
The drama of quickly switching in new candidate confused as many as it enthused...and Dems lost. But Election Narrative takes form of "Landslide".
The 23-pt. flip when Richard Nixon was elected President of the United States: He received 43.4 percent of the total vote, which represented a margin of victory over the Democratic candidate, Hubert Humphrey, of a scant seven-tenths of one percent of all votes cast.
Humphrey campaign did not start until April. Leaving 7 months to work with. And was gaining in November. Harris had by comparison had less than 4 months.
Biden cites Eisenhower in farewell address. Warns of Tech Oligarchs - as Ike warned of Military-Industrial Complex in 1960. It's the Oligarho-Technologists' power in realm of Media Biden finds most concerning.
NYTimes Related
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/us/politics/trump-tech-inauguration-parties.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/01/16/us/politics/2024-election-washington-gop.html
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