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    Once again, they are only looking at the people who DID vote… Those people always vote, and clearly the proportion of blue “always voters” is dwindling compared to red “always voters”. Yes ignorant voters lean red, but it doesn’t matter. Stop pretending like there’s a huge swath of “swing” voters. There’s not. Trump got basically the same votes this time. This election came down to the 10 million Biden voters who stayed home for Kamala. That’s it. All the rest of this is nonsense bullshit propaganda to obscure the truth. Why didn’t they come out for Kamala??

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      They only “came out” for Biden because of covid and because trump was in power during covid and people were angry about how he handled it and there were a lot of mail in ballots.

      Without the covid effect I really doubt Biden woulda won in 2020

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      The missing 10 million Biden voters is a silly talking point, leads to entitled questions, and reaching infantile and politically impotent conclusions. Are you so dense that you don’t know how electoral college works?

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      1. Because she’s a woman
      2. The DNC failed to remind people what happened under Trump (Which is how Trump got away with “Are you better off than you were 4 years ago?”
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        1. Less vocal on support for trans rights than Biden in his campaign and first days of presidency despite literal millions being poured into anti trans ads.
        2. Yes, the whole genocide thing, like talking about it or not, Michigan for example certainly lost a huge blue voting block just by the more predominantly Arab districts alone. Michigan, red. And nobody was thinking trump was the better option there, they just did not feel the need to participate
        3. They only mentioned how grave a threat a fascist who has openly talked about subverting democracy, and then were more than cordial when it came to a loss. The DNC didnt fail to mention, its that its not worth shit because trump is still a free man and our laws should have upheld those principles. You can remind people how presumeably bad it was, but it doesnt mean anything if youre not offering a clear better alternative while our system of laws is literally failing us.

        God forbid Biden were to have run again, it would’ve still been a landslide, and he aint a woman. Maybe old as shit, but there is still a lot more common issues people grew to not like so much about Biden, then Kamala said she wouldnt be any different from.

        I dump this comment because I personally believe reductive narrative will hurt our ability to effectively work together, and probably the biggest part the dems failed.

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          It’s not reductive to acknowledge that we have a sexism problem.

          When mostly white and hispanic men voted for Biden but not Harris then it’s hard to pretend like that has to do with the economy or some other shit.

          Biden and Harris have the exact same policies, white and hispanic men voted for Biden but stayed home for Harris, logically you have to accept it was about being a woman.

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            Tammy Baldwin, Jacky Rosen, and Elissa Slotkin are all women who won senate races in states Kamala lost. It’s difficult to imagine a scenario involving Kamala losing in which we have more compelling evidence than that that it wasn’t because of sexism.

            She lost because she was a bad candidate running a bad campaign. The fact that she got to skip the primary, after bombing out of the one in 2020, meant that she was completely unproven and there was no reason to think she had even halfway decent political instincts, and her campaign very clearly demonstrated that she didn’t.

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            I believe I conceded that some voters may have had sexism play a part, but being cynical and avoiding crtitique wont get the party anywhere. Its really easy to just say shit, but coming up with solutions is harder. So if its just sexism, I’d like to hear your 5 step plan to mend this qualm.

            Biden and Harris have the exact same policies

            Maybe that was part of the issue, when voters want change, how is that supposed to help?

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              Let’s be real if they had progressive policies they wouldn’t be the Democratic party anymore

              But if people actually gave a shit about policy then they would have voted for Bernie in 2016, and we all know how electable he was

              You can’t pretend that people suddenly care about policy because they never fucking have

              This was sexism plain and simple

              A bunch of man children got a small pp and stayed home when they realized that a woman may outrank them

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                Okay and again, how does this solve anything? People dont have to care about policy to know they don’t want more of the same. I get why you’re frustrated, but you can’t think you know this reason when I don’t even fully, but at the very least try not to be reductionist? Because it actively sabotages any progress to constantly infight on demographic blame.

                I just noticed each of my notifications have been yours in order, I dont know if you want to prove your reasoning or are just here to argue, but I suggest you actually read about half of what Ive said if you genuinely care why reason lost this election.

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                Millions of people did vote for Bernie, and he absolutely would have won the general… Clinton and her minions rigged the primary. The right doesn’t care about policy, but the left, especially the moral “Bernie” left absolutely care about policy. The sexists who can’t bring themselves vote for a woman are right-wing voters and always have been. The idea that the left is filled with blatant sexists is delusional.

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            Wrong about mostly everything. Sexism is a part of it, but way smaller than you think it is. Kamala is not popular at all, and the dems are a dying party in their unilateral support of Israel and genocide.

            Kamala had the worst speeches and the most disgusting conversations with people during Q&As. She was never going to win. She has no spine and doesn’t stand for anything, the biggest puppet we’ve ever seen.

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          the whole genocide thing

          No informed voter thought Trump would be better for Palestine than Kamala. Remember, people say one thing publicly when their private reasons are actually less popular.

          The conservative Muslims who claimed they loved Palestine voted for Republicans because they are conservative. They are using the Palestinian people as political pawns, just like Hamas. They share conservative values with Republicans based on cultural issues. They differ on the justification for it, but they are all supporters of hierarchy. Same with conservative Latinos.

          It’s not popular to say “I like hierarchy and I want to be on top”. Many supporters of hierarchy claim they love “individual rights” when they really want privileges for themselves. That’s the reason why some people love the “Bill of Rights” but hate equality.

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            No informed voter thought Trump would be better for Palestine than Kamala

            That doesn’t change the dems abetting a regime currently committing a genocide. Don’t forget over half the nation doesn’t vote. It was never about changing already fixed or the elusive swing voters minds, it was about getting people out. Its a little harder to when the voter is aware of a moral conflict regarding their vote, regardless of your percieved political intentions of theirs. Are you doubting a significant amount of voters abstained? Because theres gotta be some reason trump had basically the same turnout while dems lost significantly.

            It’s not popular to say “I like hierarchy and I want to be on top”. Many supporters of hierarchy claim they love “individual rights” when they really want privileges for themselves. That’s the reason why some people love the “Bill of Rights” but hate equality.

            I don’t understand your point, is this in relation to conservative arabs?

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              Because theres gotta be some reason trump had basically the same turnout while dems lost significantly.

              I made this point elsewhere but it was also far easier to vote in 2020 (in swing states especially).

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                That is true as well. My state still had mail in so personally I found it no more easier or difficult. Pardon for being shouldacouldawoulda, but in that case vote accessiblilty should’ve been a top priority for the dems after all of the 2020 bs.

                In my humble opinion it was no larger a part than any other potential matter. I mean we’re still counting and it has inched closer… nowhere to hope, but I genuinely believe if everyone turned out to vote, we wouldnt have to worry this stuff so much

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                  Pardon for being shouldacouldawoulda, but in that case vote accessiblilty should’ve been a top priority for the dems after all of the 2020 bs.

                  I think this really should be their goal, and they should trade things to get there. Like, who cares about needing an ID to vote, if you can use voter ID as leverage to get free national ID cards for everyone? (I’m not saying you can, but try?) Exchange president’s day as a holiday for election day…make voting access an actual priority.

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              My point is, most people don’t actually care about Palestine enough to sway their votes. Same with most genocides. People don’t like them but think other issues are more important. People care about issues that affect them directly. If they’re not voting, it means they don’t think a decision will affect them (rightly or wrongly).

              Conservative Muslims (not Arabs, they’re different) mention Palestine as a distraction. They were always going to vote Republican because they are conservative and have conservative values.

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                [Demographic] is always going to ____ because they are ___ and have ___ values.

                So, fill in the blanks with the most abhorent shit you can garner, I’ve got to listen to some nice vitriol myself. You see why generalization, is very much a slippery slope?

                If you ever care to be a voice of reason and possibly convince people to vote in their own best interest despite being inundated with propaganda against so, then you will learn something from this.

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            “They are using the Palestinian people as political pawns, just like Hamas.”

            Sir, with all due respect I don’t think you understand what you are talking about regarding Hamas.

            Also no informed voter would actually believe Kamala to be better than Trump is maybe what you meant to say?

            The Biden-Harris administration has already rubber stamped the annihilation of the Palestinian people. Every red line was blown through and no significant consequences except them bypassing congress to send more weapons to Israel every few weeks. The worst administration for the Palestinian people all-time is Genocide Joe and Holocaust Harris.

            Why does anyone on Earth think she would change from that position when time and time again she preached her allegiance to Israel and no change in policy from Biden?

            Do people listen to the shit she says?

            And for all the bluemaga soldiers coming to tell me she said talked about a ceasefire - she was also once a proponent of medicare for all and an opponent of fracking. How did those lies work out?

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              Why does anyone on Earth think she would change from that position when time and time again she preached her allegiance to Israel and no change in policy from Biden?

              Now that the election is over, nothing has changed either.

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            We’re not talking about the people who DID vote. It’s the people who didn’t vote who mattered in this election. Specifically the ones who voted last time but not this time. And many of the ones who didn’t vote, made it clear they COULDN’T bring themselves to vote for genocide, and being given no option to not vote for genocide, their only choice was to sit it out. It was a moral decision.

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        Sorry buddy, you don’t get to hand waive away yet another failure. This is on the democratic party.

        Time to make that change obama promised a reality. Can they rip their lips off their donors butthole? Doubtful

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        The because she’s a woman is major league copium, and if you choose to believe this then you got serious issues.

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        I’m sorry, but the idea that 10 million people on the left chose not to vote for someone just because she’s a woman is ridiculous. People who think like that are Republicans and would never have voted blue no matter what.

        I’m pretty sure the DNCs entire strategy was making sure people knew they were better than Trump. But okay, I’ll give you that one of their failings was not leaning into all the horrible things Trump did or allowed.

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        To add to that, in 2020 we had almost universal mail voting that had been rolled back in most swing states by 2024. In addition, there were a lot of scary stories floating around about Trump supporters at the polls. Lastly, voter suppression efforts do suppress votes (e.g. removing people from voter rolls, closing polling places in blue districts, making voting worse).

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    “Politically engaged” in completely disgusting politics is not a positive thing.

    The hegemonic narrative (eg. nbc) will never prevent this viewpoint.

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    I’m politically engaged. She lost me and loads of others when she said shes a Zionist and supports destroying the environment.

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    The consultants running the campaign measure success in dollars raised. That means they only messaged those politically engaged.

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      It’s worse than that.

      The current DNC determines who gets leadership positions by who brought the most in

      Bring in 10 million from lifelong Dem voters who show up rain or shine and volunteer?

      Sorry, someone just got 250 million from a fossil fuel corporation to get Dems to be pro-fracking, so now they’re leading the party.

      What’s crazy is so many people defending the DNC on this and insisting we have to keep doing anything the rich ask, even though their money will never get back all the votes being pro-fracking get us.

      It’s not just that either, Sam with border wall, funding genocide, and lots of other shit.

      Both parties cater to the wealthy, because both parties care more about money than votes.

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        Made this point on another article and the response I got was that they need to keep fellating rich donors because if they stop those rich donors will run attack ads against them and cost them the election. I don’t know if that’s true or not but if so they might as well give up now because those rich donors aren’t winning them elections either.

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          The rich 100% would.

          But it doesn’t matter, because the narrative of that happening would translate to more votes than literally any advertising all the money in the world could buy.

          Seriously, absolutely nothing could ever help a Dem become president more than all the wealthiest people in the country losing their shit over just the possiblity that a Dem becomes president.

          An alien invasion wouldn’t unite American voters as much as that would.

          The reason Dems keep losing, is we’ve lost the “anti-establishment vote”.

          The party turning their back on them would be all people would talk about, it would fill the news cycle the entire campaign.

          And even though media would present it as a terrible idea…

          That’s how they presented trump to, look at how that worked out.

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            By “I’m not sure if that’s true” I meant the attack ads costing them the election, not that they would get attacked which I’m pretty sure they would. For what it’s worth I do agree that an actually progressive Dem running on a anti-capitalist platform would do quite well. I’m not sure it would be well enough to win, but I don’t think it would be a guaranteed loss either. The biggest counter example I can think of would be Bernie Sanders, but that has the extra complication that the DNC did everything they could to try to bury him. A progressive candidate with the backing of the DNC I suspect would do well enough to offset any possible damage done by attack ads.

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    Honestly I thought it was really stupid to hear Trump going after “low propensity voters” as if Kamala wasn’t.

    To me, politically engaged people by nature will vote so why the fuck wouldn’t you be trying to reach those that don’t pay much attention? Like ffs if these people can’t be their own advocates how could we expect them to run the damn country… Very very stupid. :(

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      The problem is that ots much easier to get people enraged than it is to get them to show understanding. The reds only talk about hate, and that’s very hard to combat. It’s been their strategy my entire adult life, and I’m 51. It’s culture war propaganda.

      What we need are Podcaster and other influences to rail against billionaires and their crimes.

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    Kamala Harris won if you only count people who were born on Tuesday.

    Democrats, get the fuck off your ass and do away with First-past-the-post voting in the states you control and get the fuck out of the way. You had your chances. You blew it. It’s over.

    The United States of America is more important then the Democratic Party.

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    lost the ones more easily duped by soundbites of lies.

    “I love the poorly educated!” -Trump, 2/2016

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      It’s too bad she didn’t offer any soundbites of truth. Her entire campaign was built around being inoffensive to everyone which meant saying nothing that might evoke meaning. Lies thrive in that environment.

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          I’m easily the most politically engaged person I know. If I wasn’t listening (though I was) then that’s a really bad sign. We need candidates that drive engagement.

          Kamala had a lot going in terms of technocratic improvements that actually would provide some value for voters, but there was nothing transformative, and there was no interesting narrative.

          The most interesting thing she did was campaign with Liz Cheney, so that’s what got the attention. She wanted to convince right leaning voters that she understood them, but instead communicated that she is just another neoliberal warmonger. It doesn’t matter that she might have threaded the needle perfectly in her rhetoric because she stepped into a narrative that said otherwise.

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            You taking heat for your previous statement is so typical of those giving any criticism of the DNC. You basically went outside and said it’s kinda chilly and someone came up and said, upset, “no! It’s cold.”

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    Sounds like they are trying to shift blame, again. We knew exactly who she was and knew she can’t be trusted with our support.

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        You have to understand, the people who constantly attacked Harris before the election now have to figure out some way to make her just as bad as Trump, to excuse their own behavior. Is it disgusting? Yes. Is it reprehensible? Yes. Is it absolutely predictable as a means of trying to escape responsibility for the rancid shit hurricane that will be Trump Part 2? Yes.

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            “Plenty” was not enough. The pre-election criticism looks like it worked exactly as intended.

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          Yeah I’ve been seeing the exact same thing, and I think it will be interesting to see them gradually unravel in the coming months.

          You can see that all of the astroturfing, bot accounts vanished after Election Day, and all of the useful idiots are left to try to fight the cognitive dissonance they’re feeling after seeing the immediate insanity of Trump since winning.

          Unfortunately, if they actually are progressives, they will likely have a much harder time ignoring the cognitive dissonance than conservatives (who seem to excel at that ability). They’re in for some real psychic pain when they witness Trump’s actions in Palestine.

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            “those leftist rubes not voting for my party, well jokes on them cause I just imagined the other guys doing worse”

            I’m not looking forward to Trump, but this is the path the Democrats paved by their own actions. Blaming the voters is not a real strategy for anything other than nursing bruised ego.

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        How are they analyzing the demographics of non voters at exit polls when non voters wouldn’t be exiting the polls to be questioned?

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      We also knew exactly who Trump is. We have a very long history.

      I particularly love stuff about him before he was in politics, like the Motley Fool podcast on how he duped public investors for his private company through pumping up real estate values. They went to his office, saw this weird array of gaudy decoration and oddly attractive employees, sat down with him, and saw through his lie. Then made the only short in their firm’s entire history… and it paid off.

      There’s no excuse of bias. You can’t blame any politicians. It’s just him. And while not perfect by any means, you have to squint hard to see Kamala in the same light.

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        Right.

        But one thing we should also know is that running a bad candidate who is better than the only other option isn’t enough to decisively beat even the worst possible Republican.

        Voters should have all voted for Kamala even though they didn’t want her to be president due to her policies. That would have mitigated the damage.

        They didn’t do it in 2016 either, and Biden only squeaked thru because Trump was actively in office and Bernie stayed till the end to pull Biden left. If either of those didn’t happen, the strategy would be 0 out of 3.

        It’s clearly not an effective strategy compared to running a candidate who already agrees with Dem voters

        So rather than stomp our feet and being mad at the people we need in 2028, maybe spend the next four years bringing them back into the fold and running a candidate that people actually want to win the election?

        Like, we’ve tried stomping our feet for 8 years now since Hillary, do you think any of that has helped?

        Because to me, it looks like all it accomplishes is increasing donations from people who want Dems to lose, and turning dlteliable Dem voters into non-votets.

        Stop worrying about if you’re right.

        Start worrying about what can win 2028, and if that will actually translate to fixing shit

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        Why is the default argument from liberals always ‘but Trump?’ Harris would have been a shit candidate not worthy of being elected regardless of who her opponent was.

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        Who said anything about electing Trump? The only people that say, but Trump are the liberals that think you’ve only got two options. There’s a lot of us that did not vote for top of the ticket and voted downline, top of the ticket was garbage, regardless of which fascist you decided to support

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          I can go ahead and call 2028 for you now.

          It’s gonna be the Dem or Rep nominee.

          It is binary. If you believe another outcome is likely, let’s bet money.

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            Kalama lost bc voters for who voting is a real burden didn’t show up to vote. They are poor and likely people of color. Fuck off with blaming people.

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              Hey I’ll likely be fine. Better off than the people you identified in your comment.

              I’m a cis white male who makes ~$250k/yr.

              The ones who sat at home are likely going to be much worse off.

              At least it’s gonna be very hard to make the brain dead “both sides” argument over the next 4 years.

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              It literally doesnt though. Its because of how our votes are tallied, First Past the Post. If a third party ever reached viability, theyd just split the same half of voters with whichever large party theyre closer to

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              Sure. Agreed.

              That doesn’t change the fact.

              I made no claim about the mechanics of it. Only the outcome.

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            Why aren’t you working to replace First past the post voting in your state so there can be more then two options?

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          There’s a lot of us that did not vote for top of the ticket and voted downline

          No, the republicans won all three branches so that’s a lie.

          I hope the democrats move hard right next election to target people who actually vote and don’t just sit it out.

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          We have a voting system that mathematically devolves into a two party system. If you think voting third party will change anything the way the system is set up right now, you’re naive.

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          You’re an idiot if you think that not voting for Harris means you didn’t implicitly vote for Trump.

          There were two viable candidates in this election, because that’s how the US election system works. A 3rd party will never win until the entire system changes. Full stop.

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            You know what makes for a viable candidate, people voting for them. Liberals claim to support a 3rd party but not until they are viable. They essentially want other people to do the work for them so they can hop on someone else’s bandwagon and claim this is what they always wanted

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            Is it really how that works? No way! Ive literally never heard anyone say that! Definitely not over and over in this thread or anything!

            Thanks internet stranger for solving the third party problem! Not all hero’s wear capes!

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      knew she can’t be trusted with our support

      Ah so you ARE a Trump supporter. Got it.

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        Life must be so easy being binary and thinking, critique of one does not imply support of the other. Your party ran a piece of shit right-wing blue fascist who openly welcomed war criminals and you guys thought it was okay. We did not

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            Oh, fuck off with that. The fault ultimately lies with a party that thrust a candidate on us that primary voters flatly rejected in the 2020 primary, then ran a Republican lite campaign strategy when voters have been demanding change for decades.

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              The party did not “thrust a candidate on you”. The elected delegates chosen by the voters chose a nominee. As for Harris, she was chosen by the delegates because she was the VP. And she was the VP because she came in 2nd place behind Biden in the 2020 primary. The 2020 voters “demanded” Biden first, and “demanded” Harris 2nd. Unfortunately Bernie was not first or 2nd.

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                Elected delegates from a primary that most voters were never even aware of? Even Democrats who were aware knew full well that it was a pointless exercise. Can you even name another candidate than Biden?

                You better go check your facts on the 2020 primary. She was only competitive for about one day after the debate where she went after Biden’s racism. She dropped out after reports that her staff imploded because of internal conflicts. This was almost two months before voting started! Oh, and Bernie actually did come in second.

                Harris was chosen as VP because she was the establishment choice for President from the start. The establishment through a myriad of backroom deals (mostly brokered by Obama) got every establishment candidate to drop out the day before super Tuesday and endorse Biden who had been in last place of all the candidates still in the race. Biden payed for the help by putting Harris on the ticket. Bernie split the progressive votes with Warren (who quit campaigning but inexplicably refused to drop out) so Biden won.

                Does any of that sound like democracy to you?

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                  Elected delegates from a primary that most voters were never even aware of?

                  How can anybody not know there is a primary held every 4 years?

                  This was almost two months before voting started! Oh, and Bernie actually did come in second.

                  Wow I checked and you are right. Bernie did come in 2nd in delegates! Harris was apparently 2nd in the polls but she did drop out before any of the primaries.

                  Still, the fact that Harris was the Vice President made her the obvious choice of the 2024 delegates after Biden dropped out.

                  Bernie split the progressive votes with Warren (who quit campaigning but inexplicably refused to drop out) so Biden won.

                  Warren not dropping out ticked me off too. But it wasn’t necessarily the reason Biden won. I think he got more than Sanders and Warren combined.

                  Does any of that sound like democracy to you?

                  After Biden dropped out, having the elected delegates chose the nominee sounded like the most democratic option and the only option in line with the DNC charter. You had a better option?

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              My conscience is clear, I voted for no evil.

              Neither did I vote for Donald Trainwreck. I voted D for democracy.

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                You realize it installing a candidate, forcing them on everybody without a choice is not democracy.

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          party ran a piece of shit right-wing blue fascist

          LMAO Just more projection from a MAGA Trump supporter

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            classic blue maga behavior - any structural critique must be met with tribal-style ad hom: “yeah well you probably just support kang instead of kodos.”

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              Critique was due in any other election year without an actual literal fascist on the Republican ticket.

              bLuEMaGA screechers=Projections from Trump supporters

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                This attitude perpetuates the Democratic ticket running terrible candidates who can’t inspire either voters or potential voters. You can settle for a poop sandwich on rye rather than a poop sandwich on John Deerst but some would prefer something actually nourishing.

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              Hate to break it to you, but the US elections ARE binary for as long as FPTP is the voting system nationwide. You want real change? advocate for things like RCV. I wouldn’t even vote for the DNC IF RCV was nationwide and third-parties actually stood a chance, I’m just being realistic.

              As things stand now, you’re just demanding a fantasy. A pursuit that will now have blood on its hands because now instead of a “not really a fascist, just not as left as id like” president we have a full throat legit fascist.

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          The 2024 US presidential election was a binary choice, because that’s how it works with first past the goalposts elections.

          If you voted 3rd party, you voted for Trump.

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            Why do you guys pretend to understand the electoral college in one breath and in the other assume every critic of the Democratic party lives in NC, GA, PA, MI, etc.?

            My vote would have literally been more wasted voting for Kamala in a deep red state. At least a third party vote could get your party to notice something.

            The vast majority of Americans do not live in swing states.

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        “Corporate wants you to find the difference between these two pictures”

        Donald Trump

        Third party candidates

        “They’re literally the same thing!!”

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          Third-party candidates?

          Oh, you mean the ones who have never won a presidential election in the entire modern history of the US and has become nothing but pawns for the 2 established parties to harm the other e.g. Jill Stein, Russian asset?

          Those third-party candidates?

          “A non-vote or vote for a third-party is a vote for Trump”

          So congrats MAGAt, your guy won!

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            If you are so concerned with 3rd parties splitting the vote, then you should be equally upset with the first Past The Post voting system that most states use.

            I hope you stop by my asklemmy post to further discuss your new commitment to passing electoral reform in your state.

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    lost voters who don’t follow politics.

    This could imply that they started following politics and then decided not to vote democrat.

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    Can’t forget when I overheard someone say, “when was Biden is not running for president” as Trumps was announced he was president elect…

    Democracy dies in ignorance

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    I have spoken to two kinds of voters.

    First off, was my dad. He never ever voted in his life. This was his first year of voting and he went Harris. Simply because he knew enough of what she was about and liked her character.

    Meanwhile, the other party was my formerly adoptive mother. She voted Trump because “I just don’t like the other party”. That was her only reason. And that was just simply dishonest and uneducated.

    So, it is possible that someone is capable of just even doing the tiniest research can give you an idea of who to vote for.

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    To be fair, inflation is better, but it’s also valid to question how it’s being calculated and if it really reflects how much money people can have at the end of the month.