• snooggums@lemmy.world
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    I don’t think there are 15 Million “Gaza or bust” voters so this was just pure ignorance…

    I believe there were 15 million "oh look, Harris is besties with Liz Cheney and continuing the half assed approach that Dems keep doing so who fucking cares’ people. I totally see why her poll numbers kept dropping over the course of her campaign after a strong start.

    I still voted for her, but at that point is was just another vote against Republicans.

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      All these people on these threads blaming it on the voters when Harris had it in her power to run a different campaign is just lazy. Harris not only had a brake she could pull to stop the “trolley”, she had a damned steering wheel to steer completely away from running people over, and she made a choice not to. Dont blame the peasants for shit leadership.

      Every single swing state lost. Both congress and the house lost. Thats a badly out of touch party, not stupid voters.

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      I think that takes more thought than even those who vote with us do. I think we seriously overestimate the political intelligence of the people in this country. Not to say 0% were those people, but if we’re talking millions I think we’re talking about typical ignorance.

      I think the vast majority vote D for social issues, but once their pocketbook gets hurt it’s time to sit it out or worse “punish” the party in power by voting for the opposition. :(

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      So they thought through what it means to associate with a Cheney, but at the same time didn’t care enough to do anything about this situation? I don’t buy it. Apathy lost this election. And democrats share blame for that obviously, but acting like voters were right to stay home isn’t the right takeaway.

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        And democrats share blame for that obviously, but acting like voters were right to stay home isn’t the right takeaway.

        Agreed, which is why I still voted despite sharing the same demotivation.