• BarqsHasBite
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    5 months ago

    People always trying to push Biden bad. This is the candidate that won. He is popular. This is what the base likes.

    Everytime the Dems move left they lose. Happened to Al Gore, he tried to move left after hopefully the population warmed up with Bill Clinton. Bam lost the election. Thanks 3rd party voters. Hillary tried just a tiny little bit with the map room to fight climate change, after hopefully the population warmed up with Obama. Bam lost the election. Thanks protest no-voters!

    Imagine what the landscape would be if they won. If you want the Dems to move left, you have to give them victories. Because when they lose, they go to the center to find voters.

      • BarqsHasBite
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        95 months ago

        Oh so we had President Gore? We can talk all day about recounts, but we did not have President Gore. Thanks 3rd party voters!

        • @[email protected]
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          75 months ago

          He became the big climate change guy after he lost.

          I’d also point out that he only looks like a big climate change guy now. Back in 2000, the right wing hadn’t gone all-in on climate denialism yet. You could easily find Reagan and Bush people who didn’t think it was controversial.

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      45 months ago

      They need the conservative voters in swing states. Do the Dems in swing states get excited about leftists or progressives? Like in 2016 Hillary had more votes in AZ, NV, FL, OH. I wish Bernie had gotten to the general and I think the EC is a cancer. But I don’t think going by popular vote is a viable strategy given that we have to deal with that reality.

      • BarqsHasBite
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        55 months ago

        They need swing voters and yeah that’s what I’m saying. When they lose, they go to the center to find the swing voters.

        So how do you get them to go left? By giving them victories. Because when they lose they go to the center.