Totally agree though I do think there’s some nuance in exactly what the status quo meant to each Trump voter.

For Christian fundamentalists, it meant a secular society and abortion rights

For the working class it was high inflation

For young straight men (and their parents) it was a felt sense that they were being cancelled

For the suburban voters it was the felt sense that we have porous borders and that our tax dollars were being used to support non-citizen

Not all of these are accurate, but simply being told you’re wrong before feeling like the other person is taking you seriously is only going to drive you to folks who will tell you what you want to hear. And that’s where the disinformation comes in

We have to do better at listening to the other side’s concerns and offering meaningful answers. I don’t just mean offering policy as a response, I mean they have to feel heard before they are going to be willing to listen