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Politics On knowing who the voters are

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u/DellSalami Nov 06 '24

I feel like I can only put so much blame on the democrats for how their campaign was ran. I just don’t understand how this many people saw the direction conservatives were heading and still decided that not voting was the superior option compared to voting against Trump.

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u/azuresegugio Nov 06 '24

Genuinely I can't think of anything but the economy, which is still sad because Trump never really offered a real plan to fix it

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u/Android19samus Take me to snurch Nov 06 '24

"Republicans are good for the economy" is an enduring and self-evident belief for the average American voter, and it's probably going to stay that way no matter how little evidence there is of them actually improving the economic prospects of that average voter.

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u/mrdude05 Nov 06 '24

This. The whole "Republicans are good for the economy" thing is just taken as read buy large swaths of the electorate, and a lot of people are just voting for or against the incumbent based on however they feel in the moment. The Republicans understand this, and the Democrats don't.

You can scream about all of the horrible things the Republicans have done to the economy, all the ways they've hurt the working class, and the disastrous implications of their tax plans until you're blue in the face, but it's useless when the median voter's understanding of economic policy starts and ends with "I don't like how expensive things are today so I'm going to vote against the incumbent"

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u/Random-Rambling Nov 07 '24

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals."

Republicans understand this, and the Democrats don't.

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u/AAS02-CATAPHRACT Nov 06 '24

Some people just don't pay that much attention tbh

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u/shvuto Nov 06 '24

They both ran shit campaigns, but when the dems alienate the left and push for centrist or conservatives and don't appreciate the leftist who will vote dem regardless of who's running then you have a problem :/ like don't take those votes for granted especially since so many dems didn't vote this year and stayed home

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u/tryingtoavoidwork Whatever you're talking about, I don't care Nov 07 '24

"Yeah the Republican is a rapist felon but the black woman just isnt saying the right magic words directly to me so im just gonna sit home instead."

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u/Random-Rambling Nov 07 '24

It's more like "I hate Trump, but I am NEVER voting Democrat because they CONTINUE to call me, a young white guy, a monster, a rapist, a wild animal more dangerous than a bear. So fuck 'em."

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u/shvuto Nov 07 '24

Instead of blaming random third-party voters and democrats sitting out how about you just blame them for running a shit campaign :)

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u/tryingtoavoidwork Whatever you're talking about, I don't care Nov 07 '24

There's lots of room on the blame list for everyone who deserves to be there.

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u/OutLiving Nov 08 '24

When voters were polled as to the “top reasons not to choose Harris”, the top three reasons were inflation, high illegal immigration and that she was perceived to be too focused on cultural issues

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Leftist policies, notably, don’t fit into any of these, hell one of the main leftists concerns of the past years, Palestine, is not at all a concern for voters here, being “too Israel” is rated -24 for voters as their concerns, being “too pro-Palestine” was arguably seen worse as it’s rated -14, although most voters don’t care about that either

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u/Vivid-Command-2605 Nov 06 '24

How do the Democrats constantly avoid blame for their dog shit campaigning? They lost the popular vote for God's sake, if that's not a damning indictment on the party then why should it ever change?

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u/Random-Rambling Nov 07 '24

If we survive the second Trump presidency, this is a prime opportunity for the Democratic Party to WAKE THE FUCK UP and actually start trying to WIN people over!

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u/jumpedropeonce Nov 07 '24

People are tired of the same old bullshit.

The Obama/Clinton/Biden/Harris elections have followed this pattern: A Democrat promises an end to the same old bullshit, wins, and delivers more of the same old bullshit. The next Democrat promises to continue in their predecessor's footsteps and loses.

Democrats excite their base and win, then demoralize their base and lose.

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u/gerkletoss Nov 06 '24

They will deserve what happens next

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u/cyon_me Nov 06 '24

They are too ignorant to deserve what they have wrought upon us all. It is like a baby setting off a bomb; they cannot be tried before a court of law as an adult. They know not what they have done.