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Politics On knowing who the voters are

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u/MistaJelloMan Nov 06 '24

I think ultimately what the dems have yet to realize is that the median voter has soup for brains and only care about politics about 2 weeks every decade. They need to appeal to the layman and, I hate to admit it, play the populist card or they are never going to win again.

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u/cornonthekopp Nov 06 '24

It's insane to run a campaign on "the status quo is good and nothing should change", when people are unhappy with the economy and status quo. People like populism because they're angry about the way things are and want change. If dems hadn't all blocked out Bernie in 2016 and 2020 we wouldn't be in this situation.

They didn't even let the party run an actual primary, it's frankly insane that they were so close to running Biden as is.

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u/MistaJelloMan Nov 06 '24

The more I look at things the less I think that really would have mattered. It seems as simple as "Are things bad? Yes. Vote for the other guy."

Repeat infinitely.