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In reply to the discussion: I'm tired of hearing about what Democrats should have done to reach the electorate. The choice was clear. [View all]travelingthrulife
(1,483 posts)72. It would be well distributed if Elon and pals stole it. Pad a little here, take away some there.
I don't know if it was stolen and I doubt we will prove it any time soon at any rate. It would not surprise me one bit.
A large part of the electorate is certainly brain dead. They are completely unable to distinguish fact from troll fiction. They reject science and any government resource.
Welcome to the Middle Ages and feudalism. Elon's heaven.
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I'm tired of hearing about what Democrats should have done to reach the electorate. The choice was clear. [View all]
D23MIURG23
Nov 2024
OP
Whether all of that is true or not is largely irrelevant. What we did clearly didn't work.
TwilightZone
Nov 2024
#2
I don't think it had much to do with what Dems did except that probably some people were not ready to elect a
LymphocyteLover
Nov 2024
#62
Seirously we got killed on just getting our messaging out through the media... it didn't matter what we said
LymphocyteLover
Nov 2024
#83
All voters had the information. A majority didn't understand what they really voted for.
OAITW r.2.0
Nov 2024
#5
It would be well distributed if Elon and pals stole it. Pad a little here, take away some there.
travelingthrulife
Nov 2024
#72
They voted for "different." This country goes through whiplash. It always wants "different", whether it be good or bad
In It to Win It
Nov 2024
#13
I think you have average voter psychology nailed. They're trying to hit refresh until they get what they want.
D23MIURG23
Nov 2024
#67
Voters were well informed and chose criminality anyway. They're accomplices.
Duncan Grant
Nov 2024
#25
And now we have a huge cohort of young adults who missed almost two years of schooling due to COVID shutdowns...
Mark.b2
Nov 2024
#35
Be tired all you want. But if you want to win again, you haven't said what people also WANTED that changed their votes
ancianita
Nov 2024
#27
Yep, it was a mass suicide event, the electorate drank the poison kool aid with there own free will
yaesu
Nov 2024
#28
The electorate is going to get what it voted for, and a lot of them are going to discover they don't like it.
D23MIURG23
Nov 2024
#64
"Reach" wasn't enough, had to convince them they wrong about better times ahead. Most were unreachable.
Silent Type
Nov 2024
#43
Like I said in my OP a couple of days ago. We are not in control. 700 billionaires are.
Initech
Nov 2024
#54
We gotta live in the real world, not in the world we'd rather live in
struggle4progress
Nov 2024
#60
Democrats underestimated the moral and ethical depravity of the majority of American voters
Zorro
Nov 2024
#76
I agree. The choice was clear. decency and democracy, or indecency and authoritarianism. Respect for the Constitution or
Martin68
Nov 2024
#80
Kamala Harris lost due due to the short sighted and poorly thought-out choices by those who "call" themselves Democrats.
elocs
Nov 2024
#84
Our division of wealth and resources is now worse than 18th Century France
IbogaProject
Nov 2024
#85