Comment by scarface_74

Comment by scarface_74 2 days ago

The Democrats loss fair and square. They should have spoken up a lot sooner. Everyone on the inside knew that Biden was incompetent. If they had a real primary would Kamala ever have been the nominee?

The Democrats lost strongholds like Miami of all places. The dumbest thing they did was go against the tech industry who have always been their biggest supporters. Would Republicans go after Evangelical Christians or the NRA?

They gave people no reason to support them.

CryptoBanker 2 days ago

To say that Miami was a democratic stronghold is not really accurate. They've leaned Democrat recently, but the margins haven't been that high, and they've been decreasing for a number of elections now.

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ruthmarx 2 days ago

> The Democrats loss fair and square.

Yes, because of how ignorant much of the population is, correlating lower grocery prices with whoever was in office at the time.

> They gave people no reason to support them.

Given how bad the alternative was they were the only rational choice.

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scarface_74 a day ago

So that was there whole platform - “we aren’t Trump”?
Do you think the population got more ignorant in 4 years? This is all on the DNC and Biden. Biden should have either voluntarily not run or stronger Democrats should have had a primary and crucified him.
The DNC lied to the American public for years. They knew that Biden wasn’t all there. They basically tried to do a “Weekend with Bernie” on them.
Not to mention that strategically for the first time in modern history they had the new industry titans in their back pocket - BigTech - and threw them under the bus.
The American population doesn’t care about going after BigTech like HN does.

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- ruthmarx a day ago
  
  > So that was there whole platform - “we aren’t Trump”?
  No, but frankly if it was that should have been enough.
  > Do you think the population got more ignorant in 4 years?
  Yes, obviously. Or at least more ignorant people decided to vote this time.
  
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  iugtmkbdfil834 a day ago
  
  I long maintained that there should be a minimum level of 'something' required to vote. It used to be land, but anything that effectively makes one have a stake in the country would do. If possible, would you accept a restriction on the right to vote based on such a criterion?
  
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  scarface_74 a day ago
  
  And this is why Democrats lose. They are completely out of touch with what the mainstream wants.
  Any other Democrat could have distanced themselves from Biden. But his own VP couldn’t.
  
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csomar a day ago

> Yes, because of how ignorant much of the population is, correlating lower grocery prices with whoever was in office at the time.
Get off your high horse. If you lose the election, you are the ignorant. The democrats lost because they over-estimated their hand and under-estimated the intelligence of the general populace.
The democrats were in a position of power. The only thing you need to do is to not screw up.

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- seanmcdirmid a day ago
  
  They lost because 49.9% of voters believed inflation would be decreased by tariffs and all the money FEMA spent on North Carolina was a lie. Among other things, this was very much a “we have a different truth to offer” election.
  
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