• veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world
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      10 days ago

      When your platform is all about “hey at least I’m not that guy”, it doesn’t inspire people to vote

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        10 days ago

        That was also Biden’s platform. It worked then because we were still in the grips of covid

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          9 days ago

          That was also part of Trump’s platform. You can generally take whatever bad thing is happening at the moment and blame it on whoever is in charge in the moment. The only time that doesn’t work is when most people agree that things are going well.

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            9 days ago

            The Dems also keep running as Republican Light. But if you are interested in Republican Light you’ll probably just vote Republican.

            I think Jon Stewart had a good assessment of this the other night and the fact that the messaging coming out of the DNC is “we lost for running too far left” means they will try again next time too.

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKBJoj4XyFc