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[–] VantaBrandon@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (18 children)

The message was loud and clear: America writ large is not ready for anything less than a straight, white, male president. Its time to stop being delusional, Obama was a fluke, and not going to be repeated. You might not like hearing it, but its the reality on the ground, don't take it from me.

In retrospect, I think Biden could have shat himself on live TV while asleep at the podium and probably have still gotten elected, the bar was so, so low. Kamala basically ran a prefect campaign, its just not what America wants.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I heard plenty of jokes from Democrats who said when voting for Obama that they were voting for his white half. So your not wrong.

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[–] toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 131 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Big thanks to all the Americans who voted in favor of another trump presidency. He couldn't have won without them.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 69 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Like every election, only about 1/3 of eligible voters did. I will never again listen to a single fucking thing people who didn't vote or those who threw theirs away on a 3rd-party candidate have to say.

There are people in fascist authoritarian countries (incoming in 3, 2, 1...) who would love to vote and have it matter. They would even choose to die for it...

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 69 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

Yes, a Very Special Thanks to the morally pure angels who refused to vote for Kamala Harris because they were standing on high ground about some issue they disliked her on. Well done, fuckheads.

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[–] chalupapocalypse@lemmy.world 67 points 1 day ago (5 children)

That genocide is gonna stop any day now

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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The guy won the popular vote. The people who sat the election out would probably have broken for Trump too.

The problem here isn't voter turnout, it's voter preference for a fascist.

[–] Monstrosity@lemm.ee 16 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Actually, the problem appears to be exactly voter turn out. With a healthy heaping of Neo-Liberal rot in the Democratic Party.

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[–] IHeartBadCode@fedia.io 73 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Yeah, both parties went down from 2020 counts. We literally had something like 18m or 20m who didn't show up combined.

Wild stuff. Oh well, we rode this roller-coaster once, we ride it again. Maybe this round we don't lose 2% of our population?

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 56 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I'll bet we never find out how many were denied the ability to vote because of registration purges, bomb threats, and other malicious voter suppression.

But the fact that states both voted for abortion access at the state level and then also voted in all Republicans who will pass a national ban shows the voting population is stupid enough that this was the likely outcome anyway.

Fuck this country.

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[–] BlitzoTheOisSilent@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (19 children)

"If liberals are so fucking smart why do they lose so goddamn always?"

  • Will McAvoy "The Newsroom"

I don't think it's fair to blame voters when it's the politician's job during s campaign to convince people they're worth voting for.

Adopting unpopular centrist policies and aligning more and more with centrist Biden's policies as the campaign went on is just going to fill voters with apathy.

The Democrats, once again, didn't give us a candidate to vote for, only one to vote against. And I think the American people are sick of that carrot-stick routine, the Dems need to actually adopt popular policies.

And the establishment Dems are going to fight that tooth and nail.

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

“He didn’t elaborate on what would be ‘nasty.’”

Bullies usually don't elaborate. Being vague lets you fill in your own demons, which is more frightening.

Also plausible deniability when the thugs he's whistling to go out and bash gays or blacks or Mexicans or whoever (athough in their minds he was giving them permission). "I never said go bash heads. No, I meant nasty as in peacefully, as in not sugarcoating the hard truth, which can be nasty."

[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 54 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hey, at least Palestine won’t be a stumbling block next election. 1 state solution it is I guess, sigh

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 47 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Trump is going to have/help Israel just erase Gaza and the Palestinians as a people, there will be no need for any "solution". And this is apparently what all these people sitting out wanted in the end. Hope they enjoy the view from their high horse.

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[–] AnarchistsForKamala@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (7 children)

when does the candidate become responsible for their own turnout

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[–] Happywop@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (15 children)

Ah yes the free Palestine crowd...lol wait until they see what Israel will do with no US restraint demands.

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[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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