I did some comparisons on different aspects of how America is doing right now compared to how it was doing at this time four years ago.
I put the links to the sources of information here so you can check for yourself.
1) Unemployment, the Deficit and the Debt
2) Jobs and the Dow Jones Stock Market Growth
3) Presidential Job Approval and Overall Satisfaction of Citizens
4) Stability of the Executive Branch of Government (Cabinet Level) and American Sense of Pride
5) Change in the Percentage of Americans who identify as Politically Conservative
6) Change in the Percentage of Americans who don't affiliate with any Religious Faith
7) How much our Allies trust our President to do the right thing.
If you listened to the propaganda which our outgoing President and his surrogates put out there, the last four years was supposed to put America in better fiscal shape. In the end, it didn't.
It was supposed to be good for the Church. There's no evidence that it was.
It was supposed to lead to America being "respected again" in the world. The exact opposite happened.
It was supposed to result in increased pride in being an American. On the whole, it hasn't.
And President Trump, who had criticized the way others ran our government, promised to run the government the way a businessman would. What we've experienced is a level of instability that would not be tolerable in any well-run company of any size.
Note - Gallup released its final approval poll of the Trump Presidency today. I am going to update all the numbers to reflect what has changed.
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Here is a list of the members of the US House of Representatives who voted against certifying state election results on January 6th who won their seats in 2020 by the smallest margins (and who may be most vulnerable in 2022): nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Mike Garcia (CA-25, won by 0.10 points)
Burgess Owens (UT-04, won by 1.00 points)
Beth Van Duyne (TX-24, won by 1.30 points)
Jim Hagedorn (MN-01, won by 3.10 points)
Carlos Gimenez (FL-26, won by 3.40 points)
Stephanie Bice (OK-05, won by 4.10 points)
David Schweikert (AZ-06, won by 4.30 points)
Bob Good (VA-05, won by 5.10 points)
Jeff Van Drew (NJ-02, won by 5.80 points)
Lauren Boebert (CO-03, won by 6.20 points)
Nichole Malliotakis (NY-11, won by 6.30 points)
Richard Hudson (NY-08, won by 6.60 points)
There are a bunch of states where Trump did worse than Republicans usually do in Presidential elections. Even though he ultimately won the state.
In Alaska, Trump did worse than any GOP Presidential candidate since Bush in 1992.
1996 - Dole won by 17.53 points
2000 - Bush won by 30.95
2004 - Bush won by 25.55
2008 - McCain won by 21.54
2012 - Romney won by 13.99
2016 - Trump won by 14.73
2020 - Trump won by 10.06
I can sense the damage that the Trump era has done to the credibility of Church in America just by my own reaction to things.
I’ve been a believer for more than three decades. Bible College Grad. Used the Shepherd’s Guide anytime I needed to hire help.
And I’M disgusted.
Yesterday, I saw an ad for a Christian Academy for kids. A few years ago, I would have been drawn to look into it. But now when I see it, I can’t get the image of the Trump Evangelical, the folks who are sadly especially common among my white evangelical brethren, out of my mind.
When I hear people who are prominent in ministry talk about societal issues or even the Gospel, I can’t help wondering if they’re among the many who tolerated and even celebrated the evil of the last four years. I ask myself “should I bother listening to them?”
Trump’s false claims that he won the election that he lost were centered on six states - the five states which Biden flipped (Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin) along with Nevada.
Let’s look deeper at the elections in these six states.
Trump won Arizona in 2016 by 3.5 points, which was the slimmest margin that any Republican won the state by since 1996 (when Bill Clinton won the state).
Trump lost Arizona by 0.31 points in 2020.
When Trump came to office in 2017, Arizona had two Republican US Senators. Today, AZ has two Democratic US Senators.
In 2017, AZ was represented in the House of Representatives by 5 Republicans and 4 Democrats. Now it has 5 Democrats and 4 Republicans.
States where the GOP lost seats in 2018 and gained some or all of them back in 2020:
California (lost 7 in 2018, got back 3 in 2020)
Florida (lost 2, got back 2)
Iowa (lost 2, got back 2)
New Jersey (lost 4, got back 1)
New Mexico (lost 1, got back 1)