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Yeah, I think they just want to lose at this point. Maybe that was always the point.
I really want us to stop throwing the same candidates back at the wall over and over.
I do think Harris got the short end of the stick, elections internationally show a significant "we'll take the other guy" vote (regardless of who the other guy is). I wish the people voting paid a bit more attention to who "the other guy" is and what they're actually proposing.
I don't have nearly this distaste for the party's platform that you do; I actually really like it ... we just need to get enough people in office that they can actually legislate without having to caucus with Republicans or on the edge Democrats.
Honestly though, I think Sanders or AOC would get obliterated. They're beloved by progressives but this country is just not a country of progressives. I think the last election showed undeniably that the economy rules when it comes to US elections.
Edit: intentionally -> internationally (dumb phone)
GOPers are always historically worse for the economy.
If campaigns were run purely on facts, the GOP probably wouldn't exist at this point.
Yeah, but they're way better at marketing that they're good for the economy. This election was lost (I'm convinced anyways) on the grounds that too many people thought Trump would be good for the economy.
Anyone who thinks Trump will be good for anyone other than Trump is delusional. But it's the sane who get committed.
OK, what's their platform? Because if you've seen one recently, I'm willing to drive to find it.
We need full-on systemic change, not just saying we'll be nicer than Trump. If we have an election in '28, that's not going to hold a lot of water. This is FDR shit time, not saying oligarchs should totally have the power they've amassed, and maybe I can get an extra $5.
If we do have a 28 election, surely they'll have a primary and not just run whoever the leadership picks and proceed to campaign on our civic duty to prevent fascism (every 4 years)
My speculation is there will be a cooling off period for voting. I'm often wrong.
I hate saying it but I don't think a woman can win. There's too many patriarchial fucks in this country that might vote democrat, but not for a woman.
I recognize this as a factor but I don't personally think it's a result changing factor except in the closest races. I think it's because the 2 women that have had the closest opportunity have positioned themselves as defenders of the status quo when the people clearly want change.
Frankly, this was always going to be where a two-party system would end up. Citizens United simply accelerated things. What the people want is irrelevant to the ruling class. I didn't want to be homeless for the past year, and yet here we are.
Disgusting but true. Most voters won’t look at policy; they just want the illusion of a “strong man”.
I hate the democrats sooooooooo much. They are just gods damn out of touch.
I rwad the article and honestly I kinda wish I didn't. This is stupid.
It's not stupid so much as the definition of insanity. But oligarchs gotta oligarch.
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hahahaha! god their even more stupid than I thought. maybe they should go look for other candidates. Seems like half the country doesn't want a women as president. They sure as heck don't want a person of color either.
Nah, the bigot vote isn't nearly as important as the fact that people are sick of establishment politicians. People want change and they see that in Trump but not in Harris.
Gender or race had nothing to do with her losing, she's a right wing POS posing as a progressive
Alternate take: She was told to move to the right by advisors. Politics is nasty business.
Cops are always right wing
and AGs are not cops. Stop repeating the propaganda designed for morons to repeat ad nauseum
She locked up people, she was a fucking cop
You have quite the hole in your understanding of how this system works. No.
The editor in me has so much to say about that.
We do not need Sanders or AOC, they are both party sheepdogs whose sole function is to keep disenfranchised voters rounded up in the party with the illusion of they stick around long enough they will have a seat at the table.
Correct. Doesn't mean Sanders was wrong or couldn't have wide appeal. Dude's a fucking independent. So, no financial backing. Follow the money, said everyone, especially W. Mark Felt. He had the opportunity to speak to the working class in the general, and we simply couldn't have that. What was he supposed to do? Run in the GOP primary or be as rich as Perot?