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Summary

Kamala Harris’s political skills have transformed a potentially disastrous 2024 presidential election into a competitive race.

Despite initial skepticism and a challenging campaign, Harris has improved her public image and closed the gap with Trump on key issues. Since Biden stepped aside in July and endorsed her, she has shifted from an unpopular vice president to a viable candidate, even matching Trump in polls on economic issues.

Her leadership has given Democrats a chance to prevent a Trump landslide and halt the rise of American authoritarianism.

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[–] [email protected] 117 points 15 hours ago (10 children)

The fact that the election is a toss up shows to me just how dumb America is.

The choice is an average politician or an orange wannabe fascist ..... and a good percentage of the country can't decide? Or they choose the fascist?

The fact that it is even a close race just displays in big giant signs just generally how stupid the country has become.

I normally don't like being that blunt or unkind but these people are literally holding the future of the world in their hands and they have no freaking clue what they are doing.

I'm not American and it is completely frustrating to sit outside as we watch a bunch of idiots being indecisive about either choosing normalcy or insanity. It's such a hard question for America that they need to have a never ending debate about it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 hours ago

The problem is those of us who want a better life for all. For people to be able to live and not just exist, who strive for kindness. Our problem is always that we are too willing to turn our collective cheek. We are too willing to be kind for too long, be too tolerant, too understanding. Meanwhile, the angry and intolerable, and the malicious and evil, stand high atop shaky foundations yelling loudly serious threats.

This election cycle is a representation of where our own anger has gone. I just fear it has come too late.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 13 hours ago

Being susceptible to fascism isn't exactly an American invention. It's a failure of liberalism that leads to this, as democracy is eroded by capitalists.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It’s sad how uninformed people have become. They get their news from Facebook or TV. Literally zero research done so everything they base their vote on is anecdotal or just assumptions based on their own life experiences.

We need to do better about getting information to the people. The government shouldn’t have to jumó through hoops to educate the public on basic shit

[–] [email protected] 20 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

how dumb America is.

Not to mention how dumb the UK, France, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands, Hungary, Finland, Croatia, and the Czech Republic are...

By the way, what country do you live in?

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 15 hours ago

need to have a never ending debate about it.

It's not a debate at this point. The Trump supporters stopped living in reality a long time ago. I'm still friends with a couple on FB, and the shit they post is complete lunacy. They won't look at anything that comes from NBC, ABC, or even CBS. Fox is hit and miss...if it's remotely critical of anything conservative it's an MSM conspiracy.

The Russian / Chinese social ops did their job to perfection. These people only watch X, Newsmax, Britbart, and OANN these days.

They're regular people outside of the internet, but they've walled themselves off from anything that might put a dent in their world view.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 14 hours ago

Imagine how bad it feels to have those idiots as neighbors. I moved to this neighborhood around two years ago and I was really happy that there were no visible trump flags/signs around. It’s nice that everyone can keep their politics to themselves. In the last year, somehow that changed and there were a few signs put up here and there, but in the last month, they’ve multiplied and now they’re on multiple houses on every block. I don’t understand how anyone can see what’s going on and still feel compelled to go get a sign and put it up…unless they’re just trying to put up the scariest Halloween decorations. Now the nice neighborhood I moved to two years ago looks like election headquarters for someone who tried to overthrow the government four years ago.

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[–] [email protected] 281 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (6 children)

It's not a testament to her abilities, it's a depressing statement about the state of America that a convicted felon, rapist, fascist loudman can be neck and neck with probably one of the smartest, most highly accomplished presidential candidates we've had in quite a while

[–] [email protected] 79 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I blame stupid voters AND Republicans trying to pull of a coup through voter suppression.

Up next, endless court cases in an attempt to get SCOTUS to hand over the election to Trump.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I blame Fox News the most for decades of right wing propaganda.

[–] gravitas_deficiency 31 points 16 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 12 hours ago

And Newt Gingrich

[–] [email protected] 18 points 16 hours ago

Rupert Murdoch and the cabal

[–] [email protected] 22 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

I blame years of powerful people trying to ensure that people are not educated and are fed a diet of misinformation with a consistent narrative.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 15 hours ago

That is part of Republican voter suppression.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Yep, the truth is it shouldn't even be this close, but Kamala has moved significantly right in the last four years.

The Dem party doesn't try to get landslide victories, they want to give voters the absolute minimum they need to win. It's the only explanation for why they keep moving right after Obama's 08 landslide

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago

it aint over til the black lady sings.

[–] [email protected] 105 points 18 hours ago (12 children)

The fact that it's close is a testament to the idiocy and racism of the American public.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

That and just a dash of sexism.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago

TBH when her candidacy first was announced I was completely convinced that Trump had already won... A woman, AND black?

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

are you kidding me. how is someone like trump even able to get nominated much less win a general. satan I miss last millenium.

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

How on earth is Harris being tied with the worst presidential candidate in history spun as a good thing?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago

Yeah, how many of those votes are pro-Harris and how many are anti-Trump?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 14 hours ago

People: "We don't want old!" Biden: "I still got this!" Debate. "Maybe I don't." Harris: "I'm not old!" People: "Good enough!"

[–] [email protected] 42 points 17 hours ago

The fact that the election is a toss-up, rather than a Harris landslide, is proof that American democracy is already fully collapsed.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 12 hours ago

I wouldn’t say that at all. It’s a testament to how terrible a candidate Trump is.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 12 hours ago

Wtf? So definitely nothing to do with the fact that her opponent is a rapist felon?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I am not dismissing Kamala Harris here but the Democrats could have pitted a cold cut sandwich against Trump and the race would be just as tight. This is a race between fascism and not.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 17 hours ago

well that's not true, Biden was definitely going to lose.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 16 hours ago (9 children)

Are you fucking kidding? This campaign has been a fucking train wreck. There was genuine excitement behind her candidacy when Biden stepped down, and Walz actually generated even more enthusiasm. Since then, she has spent every moment of the campaign killing that energy. She alienated Muslim and Arab voters by refusing to allow a Palestinian speaker at the DNC. She's alienated her progressive base by campaigning with Liz Cheney and Laura Bush to court moderate Republicans. They're literally rerunning the 2016 playbook and saying, "Yeah, but this time I've got a good feeling about it!"

I hope she wins, and if you're reading this and you haven't voted yet, please just vote for her, especially if you live in a swing state. But Jesus Fucking Christ, let's not pretend she'd even have a shot of winning if she wasn't up against a facist rapist.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Trump would be a disaster, but these last-minute hopeful headlines just smack of desperation. I just saw another one saying Harris had "suddenly jumped into the lead" because one model put here at 50.015% of the vote. It's nothing to be thrilled about, especially with the Republicans set to employ every underhanded tactic they can to steal the victory. In any normal country there would be no competition between these two, but this is the USA.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 17 hours ago

The coping has already begun.

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