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[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 days ago (21 children)

Maybe the political party should have conformed to the pressure of the people who vote in its party. Just saying.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 days ago (3 children)

If only they'd put this much effort into getting one person to change her mind on the issue, instead of trying to get 10 million people to change their morals.

It appears especially ghoulish now after it came out that even her campaign's polling showed that it was a losing position.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 days ago

Coworker: "I hate trump, he should never be president!" Me: "So you're voting Harris?" Coworker: "I don't know if we're ready for a WoMaN president"

Asking for a friend, where is the nearest cliff? He would like to go jump off of it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Why are you so concerned with "protest voters"? If every third party vote went to Democrats, Harris still would have lost.

It's way easier to blame a small amorphous group of people, but why don't you focus on winning? Harris got 6 million fewer votes than Biden. Do you think all those people stayed home because of Palestine?

Take this energy and put it towards something useful. Ignoring all the facts so you can punch left is pathetic.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (3 children)

It's more about the people who didn't vote at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's more about a trash system with trash candidates where most people's votes don't matter at all.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Those aren't "protest voters", are they?

Again, Harris got 6 *million" fewer votes than Biden and lost by 2 million votes. If you really believe that's because of Palestine, then you should be asking Harris why she didn't support Palestine.

But no reasonable person could think that Harris lost because of Palestine. So why is this such a big focus for liberals, instead of something that matters?

If winning in 2026 and 2028 doesn't involve punching left, are you even interested?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

They are if they choose not to vote in protest

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Let me amend to say, I guess it depends on what your goal is. If your goal is to feel better about yourself & your political participation, then carry on. But if you want to get a Democrat elected, you need to stop acting like this.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Isn't that just non-voters? Not voting is viewed by literally everyone as "don't care", not a protest.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (3 children)

There were absolutely protest non-voters.

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