The Rotten Tomatoes Score for the US Presidential Election is Historically Staggering
Historian and data analyst Dr. Lena Croft compares the 2024 voter approval slump to the collapse of public trust during the interwar period, calling the current democratic engagement a "silent secession." Analyzing polling averages as if they were movie reviews, Croft notes the national approval rating for Congress currently sits at a 17% "freshness" score, mirroring the exact percentage of support for the Articles of Confederation in 1787 just before the Constitutional Convention. "We are seeing a 'rotten tomatoes' consensus across the electorate, where no major institution gets a certified fresh rating. This isn't just a bad review cycle; this is a historical pattern of structural bankruptcy before a rewrite of the social contract."