• slurpyslop@kbin.social
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    7 months ago

    historically “vote for us because we’re not them” is a very ineffective way of winning elections

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      7 months ago

      Trump lost the popular vote twice already while the Dems ran on “we’re not them”.

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        7 months ago

        and one of those elections he won?

        also, during the 2020 campaign, trump’s base’s biggest complaint was generally that he was running on a platform of “i’m not biden”, so i guess both cancel out

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          Seems like the main platform for both parties this time is the same “I’m not them”. I guess we’ll see.

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            trump’s platform seems more to be “the election was stolen”, which his base believes

            biden’s base on the other hand is horrifically split over his mishandling of israel, and arguably the demographics that are credited with democratic wins in 2022 are most effected

            his poll numbers are in the shitter, and over the last two presidential elections polls have been incorrectly biased towards the democratic candidate

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            Trump repealed 111 climate change regulations. Biden is enacting new ones.

            Trump repealed civil and trans rights. Biden replaced them.

            Trump repealed net neutrality. Biden replaced it.

            Trump gave corporations and the wealthy larger tax cuts than the working class. Biden is replenishing the deficit off of corporations and the wealthy while cutting taxes for middle and low income workers.

            I could go all day, but I think you get the point.