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In reply to the discussion: Oh, my GAWD! Y'all please stop with the magical thinking! [View all]littlemissmartypants
(26,076 posts)70. Unfortunately, ...
What one person or another hold as a "belief" can't be used to formulate a mathematical equation.
That's really what the issue is here, math.
We do not go into a voting booth spouting our generalized beliefs on a variety of subjects and then have them tabulated and presented to us as mathematical facts.
Fanciful imagining and facts don't even mix as well as oil and water immediately after the container that holds the two are shaken.
If they did the library would be divided into section one for fiction and section two for fiction-nonfiction-fiction.
Fact: many Democrats who voted for President Biden didn't show up to vote for VP Harris for President.
It doesn't make a tiny bit of difference about
what you, I and anyone else believes or doesn't believe, his rhetoric, generals, him not looking good, Elon, what he was telling people, interviews and how great the rallies and Kamalas enthusiasm were.
Because we just didn't have the votes.
Democrats didn't show up and we as a result did indeed hand it right to him and on a silver platter ALL BECAUSE we didn't have the human numbers to make the votes land in our direction.
I know it's hard to face defeat. I'm devastated. Reality isn't for the faint of heart, especially political reality.
Because political reality always ends in the science of numbers where only that we show up and vote matters and how we feel about the outcome doesn't count a bit.
This time the apathy of our peers is going to hurt us all and no amount of denial, anger, bargaining or depression can change the numbers.
It's definitely a hard pill to swallow for us all.
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When referring to "magical thinking" it's definitely not a directive of someone's speech.
littlemissmartypants
Nov 9
#54
Mail in ballots is the only reason I can see Harris missing 11 million votes nationwide and the 2 million votes in swing
uponit7771
Nov 8
#26
Checked other swing states, similar numbers ... just damn. She did worse in rural areas than Biden then? This country is
uponit7771
Nov 8
#36
Thanks! What do you think happened to the independent/unaffiliated voters?
littlemissmartypants
Nov 9
#58
I was roundly criticized on DU when I suggested that some Ds who were strong Biden supporters
Sibelius Fan
Nov 8
#21
And yet, Kamala received at least 15-million fewer votes than did Biden/Harris in 2020.
Sibelius Fan
Nov 9
#69
We don't yet know what the national count was. They haven't counted all the mail in
pnwmom
Nov 8
#23
What coalition? The "Who's the Biggest Victim Brigade" or the "GENOCIDE OMG!!111ONE11!!" coalition?
notroot
Nov 8
#24
I don't think it was "bros" that would be z or millennials ... gen x are the ones who sadly voted for Benedict Donald
uponit7771
Nov 8
#38
I'm sorry to hear about the trouble you're having with voting in your area, Attilatheblond.
littlemissmartypants
Nov 9
#83