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In reply to the discussion: WHY did we lose? [View all]
BunkieBandit
(129 posts)107. I passed, but it's not President Biden
nor VP Kamala Harris, nor the pandemic.
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Trump's win is still paying off for the media, his cabinet choices make good news content.
dem4decades
Nov 2024
#51
It's about preserving the white anglo male, anti women and anti minorities power structure
GoreWon2000
Nov 2024
#76
Normalization by the MSM, endless unchallenged lies by RW media, the swamp of social media tools
NewHendoLib
Nov 2024
#5
As it stands, we have no answer to this problem. It has taken decades and huge money
NewHendoLib
Nov 2024
#9
If you think about it though, we have beaten these issues before. It was worse this time because: Pandemic.
BootinUp
Nov 2024
#10
The Dumbshit vote. The Repub dumbshits who were dazzled by "They're eating the cats"....
albacore
Nov 2024
#26
We lost because the president had a 39% approval rating in exit polls.
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2024
#17
That's it (fairly or not). Presidential candidates of the same party as the incumbent President,
surfered
Nov 2024
#27
When one company is beaten by a rival company, should they say it is the fault of the customers? Should they say
Doodley
Nov 2024
#37
Because we failed to convince the majority of American voters we'd do a better job at what was important to them
WarGamer
Nov 2024
#42
51% of voting Americans get their information from propaganda and overt lying sources, including bots and trolls seeking
hlthe2b
Nov 2024
#49
Well, if you watch Fox, they're back to acting like DC is their personal property again.
Initech
Nov 2024
#79
Shudda, coulda, woulda... My guess is that Biden should have not run but supported Harris giving her more time for
CTyankee
Nov 2024
#70
I'm not gonna vote in this poll, but I saw a LOT of pushback regarding Harris' "selection".
Hellbound Hellhound
Nov 2024
#89
There is a reason we don't see eye to eye, but I don't have a clue what it is.
BootinUp
Nov 2024
#120
Yeah, but you don't get to tell me what to post. So I discarded that immediately, lol.
BootinUp
Nov 2024
#122
Why do we continue to not talk about the number one reason the massive massive misinformation campaign by Trump Russia
oldmanlynn
Nov 2024
#112