Voters under 30, especially young men, broke blue because they did not sense that Republicans were addressing the cost of living.
Their mistake was twofold.
First, they did, but it takes time; second, they were tricked into thinking Democrats could help them.
The war in Iran is also a big deal that Dems capitalized on, but voters want it to end because they think it will make gas cheaper. Hormuz no longer has much to do with the cost of oil and gasoline, thanks to Mr. Trump, but like the affordability argument, most of them either don't know that or simply can't be expected to sit through a discussion explaining those real-world facts.
In other words, democrats lied, paid influencers, created a massive rapid-fire grassroots effort on failed affordability, and it worked. They won big all over, but what happens when they don't deliver because they can't?
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