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If you get up in the Obama era and owned a small business, or you were middle class, or you were young and in college, voting Democrats out of office was high in your list.
For decades democrats controlled the Whitehouse and housing became unaffordable, college debt skyrocket, health insurance costs tripped.
The trump vote wasn't because of it policies, it was to message to the Democrats to get it together. They failed with Biden and the message was sent again.
Trump is a horrible president, but at was Biden and Obama for the middle class.
Currently i would say America only had 10% middle class left, when in 2000 i would say 25% if Americans were middle class. We are losing so much of them wwe won't have a middle class soon, only poor and rich.
Messages don't rule the country. Policies do.