Social Issues
Sometimes the bigger issues are not on foreign soil but on home turf, with domestic social issues being of vital importance.
In the 2024, many Republican supporters have cited the crisis at the southern border as one of the most important factors, blaming President Biden for a surge of immigrants into the United States. This could also still backfire on Trump, who was outspoken against a bill to protect the border, seeing it as a marquee part of his campaign.
Joe Biden’s 2020 victory came during a year President Trump came under fire for various mishandlings of social issues such as the Covid pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of George Floyd’s killing. These helped to create the largest turnout percentage since 1900 even in spite of the global health emergency. CNBC noted: “52% of voters believed controlling the pandemic, even if it hurts the economy, was more important.”
Meanwhile, in 2008, 78% of voters according to the Pew Research Center saw healthcare as a very important issue and when President Obama passed the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), the 2012 election also centred on an electoral judgement of the flagship policy which would be the biggest legislative achievement of his tenure.
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