> Voters don’t take campaign platforms at face value

Huh. That sounds like validation of my original point that the Democratic Party has been "prioritizing housing, infrastructure and government services supporting people's economic activity of all kinds", so dkjaudyeqooe's suggestion that candidates/officeholders should do that seems ... idempotent at best.

Maybe people should pay attention to what candidates campaign on and the policy they enact instead of going off vibes and trigger phrases.

Certainly that would give candidates and officeholders more electoral incentives to produce policy that serves voters.