S04E09 – Dissection of Trump’s Victory and Identity Politics

The 2024 Presidential election just occurred and Donald Trump won convincingly against Kamala Harris. In this episode, we examine reasons people gave for voting for Donald Trump, including: immigration, wages, funding for the military, the federal deficit, government bloat, stock market volatility, and identity politics. We spend a fair amount of time discussing identity politics, which we ultimately conclude is privileging minority candidates over majority candidates despite their qualifications and, importantly, if someone doesn’t vote for a minority candidate (or disagrees with their policies or views), accusing them of some form of bigotry. We also discuss briefly how the media depicted the candidates and portrayed the results. Finally, we touch briefly on the response of progressives to the outcome.