@Jade Bahr @Lilja K
The US is a kleptocracy with the population enjoying low credibility of the federal government & mainstream media.
Historically only about 60% of the electorate cares about politics enough to vote for the president, trust in the mainstream media is extremely low, about 30% according to polls.
Living standards for the poor and middle class have degraded every year while billionaires and the rich own most of the wealth in this country. The poorly paid jobs, massive inflation and tax hikes since COVID-19 has been ruinous which is a key thing going against the Democrats. (among other lessor issues, like poor quality foreign policy)
The political positions taken by candidates are not based on 'real beliefs', but what their constituents (the people who pay them through corruption and campaign contributions, lobbying, saying things that people like to hear...) want.