• mlg@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Man if only there was some huge portion of left wing constituents demanding change over a tax funded genocide that the democratic party could have easily pandered to and gotten that extra 1% boost of votes.

    But like such a group would be too small to make a difference amirite.

    • PugJesus@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      Ah yes, Palestine abstainers, too small to make a difference (so you can’t blame them for ushering in fascism and several additional genocides!) but also large enough that if Dems had just Tried This One Simple Trick, they would have gained net millions of votes and won the election.

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      7 hours ago

      That 1% is the hardest percent to get. There are other major issues she’d have to compromise on, like her support of the spoiler effect.

      With the benefit of hindsight, exit polls showed that the biggest issue to voters was the economy, not Palestine. So they voted for the guy who offered change, even though the change was bad.