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[–] dumples@midwest.social 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I know lots of people are really down on this but it seems like people just want change. We all know the system isn't working for most people right now and want something different.

Trump is different. Bad but different. If you have little hope make sense to break everything. If there's a real progressive change candidate people will be excited. Change is what is needed

[–] Moneo@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is something a lot of libs need to understand imo.

You can rail on about how Trump is going to end democracy until the cows come home, it's never going to sway voters. The average person is not doing very well and prospects look really bad for young people and democrats are refusing to acknowledge that things are broken. They are promising the status quo - and the status quo fucking sucks.

[–] dumples@midwest.social 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Agreed. Run on change for the better. Higher minimum wages, universal health care, paid sick time, paid maternity / paternity leave. This will get votes because people want something better in their pocket books. Student loan forgiveness was a great policy to run on. If it wasn't blocked in courts it would have given a huge boost to Biden.

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[–] genXgentleman@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

I had to stop reading the replies she received; the stupidity made my head hurt. My hatred for humanity is growing by leaps and bounds daily. I think I'll be a full blown misanthrope within 2 or 3 days. It has become crystal clear that we need to pull the weeds out of the gene pool. I'm for instituting a national license program to breed. You may obtain a license if you can pass a test which consist of a common sense section and the civics section of the U.S. naturalization test. 🤨😁

Edit: For the morons that can't tell. This was fucking sarcasm.

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[–] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I saw on more than one occasion that guys didn't vote for Kamala because she didn't go on Joe Rogan's podcast.

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[–] Taako_Tuesday@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The lesson: some people just like disruption, and equate being against the status quo with being better than the status quo. I think any left-leaning candidate who tries to court these people in the future should tread very carefully.

They care more about the headlines you produce than your policies.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I honestly doubt people who vote for AOC and Trump in her district are in any way representative of the swing state voters that actually decide the election. Engagement is what went wrong, obviously, but how it went wrong in those two places can be very different.

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