• ikidd@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    I think a large proportion of Americans make hate and cruelty a primary consideration of their voting proclivities. It’s less about how bad the Democrats have fucked up and more about how they haven’t fucked up enough to get voters.

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      10 hours ago

      1/3 of eligible voters went for Trump. Another 1/3 went for Harris. The remaining 1/3 pretty much checked out. Outside of hate and cruelty, is the biggest problem ignorance or is it apathy? Don’t know, don’t care.

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        4 hours ago

        The biggest problem is voters who see no reason to vote, because the parties don’t represent them and don’t deliver what they want.

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          2 hours ago

          Meh, I don’t let voters off that easy. If nothing else there have been plenty of primaries where more participation could have helped fix that problem. It’s a two way street.