Those who are surprised by the outcome of the election must not have been paying close attention for the past four years. Listening to the public was, in fact, the deciding factor in the presidential contest, and the differing willingness to do so reflected the two parties’ current political philosophies.
For well over a year, the American people had been expressing deep concern about issues such as the economy, immigration, crime, and the government’s micromanagement of relations between the sexes, such as men competing in women’s sports. The public consistently said they did not trust the government.
The public knew very well what had caused the problems. The Biden-Harris administration had engaged in nearly four years of intensive centralization of power, with the White House exerting ever-tighter and more-politicized control over the economy,…