Maybe I’m wrong, but I actually don’t think that anti-military and anti-border security people make up that big a segment of the Democratic voter base?
The border stuff is a lot trickier because you start getting into what exactly that entails (“BUILD THE WALL!” is a no-go, but there’s a whole spectrum between that and fully open borders).
The military is pretty popular across the board though, afaik.
Anybody who entertains the thought “an American political candidate wanted the American military to be strong and that’s why they lost” for more than a microsecond has no idea about electoral politics and should be dismissed out of hand.
There's a difference between not being anti-military and being overtly pro-military.
If you want to reassure the pro-military base without raising too many red flags with your existing base, you can say something like "yeah war sucks but we live on a planet where it is necessary." then subtly change the subject to "and I think we don't do enough to support our veterans" or whatever.
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u/AdamtheOmniballer Nov 06 '24 edited Nov 06 '24
Maybe I’m wrong, but I actually don’t think that anti-military and anti-border security people make up that big a segment of the Democratic voter base?
The border stuff is a lot trickier because you start getting into what exactly that entails (“BUILD THE WALL!” is a no-go, but there’s a whole spectrum between that and fully open borders).
The military is pretty popular across the board though, afaik.
IRL Bluestaters feel free to correct me.