Unless we understand why they didn’t vote it’s just going to keep happening
I’m just this guy, you know? Except on Lemmy.
RIP Kbin.social
Unless we understand why they didn’t vote it’s just going to keep happening
I mean, she kinda did fail to inspire people to vote against fascism, hence the fact that fascism won due to low turnout
The problem isn’t that America voted for this. Only 21% of the country voted for Trump.
The problem is that America didn’t vote at all.
It’s insane to us, but unless we can figure out how to get them to do it we’re never going to have a Democrat in charge again.
Look at the vote totals. Trump got about the same as he did the last two times. Democrats dramatically underperformed compared to 2020. The people who want to embrace authoritarianism did so like they always do, but the loss was from people who couldn’t be bothered to go vote for continuing the status quo
But what represents that change when things are quantifiably pretty good?
I disagree that things are pretty good, and so did most of the country. Grocery prices are up. Housing and child care prices are insane. A significant injury or illness can still send you into bankruptcy. Income and wealth equality are still worse than before the French Revolution.
And I also disagree that people embraced authoritarianism. Trump won by default because the message the Harris campaign was sending didn’t motivate people to get to the polls to support her.
There was no world where we just didn’t do lockdowns
Maybe the world where Trump implemented the pandemic response plan that Obama left for him. But, no, we got Mr. Inject-Bleach-And-Shove-A-Lightbulb-Up-Your-Ass.
I think they want optimism, but they’re also demanding change. There’s a broad feeling that the situation we’re in is untenable, and liberal parties around the world are losing to right-wing populists because they don’t seem to get it.
Some days you’re Arthur. Some days you’re Agrajag.
Was it me or were the texts and emails begging for money even worse this time around?
I’d rather have the dollar
Apparently we do if we want to win elections.
As for Timmy: I’d find a shiny rock and have him participate in a ceremony to make it monster repellent. Then when he’s scared he can rub the rock and the monster will go away.
If you want someone’s support you need to meet them where they’re at, not where you’d like them to be.
Primaries also benefit from the same effect that makes every movie and TV show a reboot: Name recognition. The long primary cycle keeps their name in the news so people get familiar with it so they’re more likely to vote for them.
What is it exactly that should be done differently?
Don’t campaign on maintaining the status quo when the status quo sucks
We are not dealing with an electorate that believes in empirical reality. Anyone who runs a campaign expecting people to believe statistics over their own lived experiences is bound to lose. As we saw on Tuesday.
Obviously voters seem to think he’s more in-touch
After just one season, too. Damn shame. Tim Curry was amazing.
Nobody lost money underestimating the intelligence of the American public.
Some of it may be related to his victory, but I think a lot of it was people waiting to see the results before they changed their positions.
Two things can be true.