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[–] [email protected] 20 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

In general, let’s gently redirect anger away from protest voters.

First, I haven’t seen any evidence suggesting that the volume of protest votes would have impacted the Electoral College. Harris would have likely won Michigan, but that seems to be the extent of what would have happened if all protest votes had flipped to blue. (Please feel free to correct me with evidence if this is inaccurate.)

Second, you’re directing your frustration at the wrong group. The Democratic Party ran a campaign that was basically center right and fostered mass apathy at the polls. That’s the real issue. You can continue to direct anger at non-voters, but all this infighting does little to hold the Democratic Party accountable for running a campaign that encouraged people to literally stay home.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Nah, they get lumped right in with the people that stayed home. They knew they were throwing their vote away because they knew there was zero chance of their party winning the election.

The real issue is that all the protest voters and protest non voters enabled this guy, on purpose, and they know it:

Kilmeade then asked Trump: “Are you on-board with the way the [Israel Defense Force] is taking the fight to Gaza?”

“You’ve got to finish the problem,” he said.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

i’m super excited to see this same strategy with no changes fail a second time XD

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

By then it will be the third time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago