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

  • Katana314@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    It’s pretty clear to me though, that the scramble with her campaign was far less to do with pushing ahead the party’s corporate interests, and more a mistake of realizing age and perceived senility were affecting their chances with Biden, and being too afraid for buildup time to get another primary. I have no idea what you’re citing around corporate interests, I’ve already agreed that she wasn’t pushing a strong message.

    The other problem is how you phrase your last paragraph, because you’re highlighting the specific problem you’d like fixed, when voters all across America all had different issues they wanted prioritized, and many opposed each other on. Palestine, trans rights, government waste, federal aid vs education vs full employment, etc etc. It isn’t so easy to pick and push one message that will uniformly win you votes. It’s also easy for people like me to come under the belief that people felt life under Biden was fine and that the country was steadily getting better, and that change from that path would’ve been bad. It is very easy for that to be more of a communication problem of a rushed campaign, rather than insisting corporate corruption. Again: Basic mistakes. Mistakes not nearly so bad as “I grab treasury dept and gut the government”

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      56 minutes ago

      At least trump is doing what he literally said he would. His voters are getting a lot back in return at least from their perspective. Many republicans want the federal government reduced dramatically, and they are getting it.

      Tell us how you will use the power you might be elected for, thats it. Simple objective. And you are right there are some conflicting interests that can’t both be appeased, but keep in mind both kamala and trump said they’d end the war in gaza.

      Democrats pitched a horrible campaign, and its hard for me to believe that the companies supporting the democrats had no hand in what was considered approved messaging.

      The fact trump was more transparent and personable speaks volumes about the kamala campaign as well.