I have problems with people who abstained. The hard thing is, how do you change voter behavior?

  • chilicheeselies@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Ultimately yes, its the fault of the voters (and non voters) who let their emotions cloud their judgement. Thats true whether you like it or not. Especially if Gaza was your main issue; if you saw both candidates and thought Trump was better for the situation, you need to seriously look inward and consider your reasoning abilities.

    That being said, the opposition party does not get off the hook so easily here. The fact that Trump could win despite everything he said is a total and utter failure. Their strategy is bad, and they refuse to acknoledge it because to do so means that they need to upend their internal heirarchy. They have buried their heads in the sand when it comes to accepting the playing field of politics right now, and quite frankly as a party they look incredibly weak.

    In other words, to not acknoledge that the election was theirs to lose is also denying reality

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      Democrats also have a fair share of blame for refusing to work with the left, and instead siding with war criminal Dick fucking Cheney.

      If they had made any effort to inspire people to vote for them they would have gotten more votes.

      Honestly I’m surprised they got as many votes as they did seeing as they actively worked to alienate their vote base.