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In reply to the discussion: So Trump won every swing state? [View all]Bluetus
(2,214 posts)81. It isn't that hard to understand, is it?
We now know the equation:
Black + woman + fringe issues > 10%
The candidate executed her strategy as perfectly as humanly possible. There were absolutely no gaffes. She was right on the mark with high energy every single day. That should tell us that it is not the candidate. It is the formula. I know that sucks, but we really will have to change all 3 of those elements if we want to win the next time.
We can't do anything for women, minorities and people in the margins if we are out of power. We must stop organizing our campaigns around the margins.
Don't get me wrong. That does NOT mean running milquetoast middle-of-the-road candidates and platforms. The only thing in the middle of the road is road kill. We have to run with the most populist message we can. We need to be just as bold and clear with what we want for America as the other guy is when he says he wants to be a dictator and deport 20 million brown people.
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Gallego won but AZ state was declared for Dump. A lot of "split-ticket voters" apparently...
LymphocyteLover
Nov 2024
#67
I seriously wonder how much the Rogan endorsement drove incel-bros to the polls
AZSkiffyGeek
Nov 2024
#107
Lots of voters like their congressperson, especially if an incumbent, regardless of whom they vote for as president.
MichMan
Nov 2024
#129
He won by 1-3 points in each state, well within the margin of error of the deeply flawed polls
Fiendish Thingy
Nov 2024
#16
I agree there was significant voter suppression before votes were even cast
Fiendish Thingy
Nov 2024
#38
He was up in 3 and tied even in 4 in the NY Times averages on Election morning
Prairie Gates
Nov 2024
#22
They at least cheated with every lie, every conspiracy theory about Kamala and Joe, and every rewriting of history.
Doodley
Nov 2024
#42
What "we," i.e. Kamala and Kerry, did wrong was to concede too quickly, and not ask for recounts
bikes and bunnies
Nov 2024
#96
The Harris campaign told us it was a razor close race. They told us over & over again.
CrispyQ
Nov 2024
#28
Polls showed that in every swing state, Trump was either leading, tied, or only down 1 or 2 points
Polybius
Nov 2024
#58
How powerful is disinformation? Tens of millions of voters voting against their own self interests.
NoMoreRepugs
Nov 2024
#64
Sickening ...but this racist misogynistic country doesn't want a woman for president
PortTack
Nov 2024
#74
When the national polling at the end showed an even race with Trump even marginally ahead in some, his chances were good
andym
Nov 2024
#87
The national polling never really showed an even race. Harris always led the national poll average by at least 1 to 2%
Wiz Imp
Nov 2024
#100
Not true, The final average RCP was Harris 48.7 and Trump 48.6 (0.1% lead)-- Trump led for a few days in late Oct
andym
Nov 2024
#136
RCP is a biased right wing site. Nobody who supports Democrats should ever pay any attention to it.
Wiz Imp
Nov 2024
#137
Using 538, my original point stands: "the national polling at the end showed an even race with Trump even marginally
andym
Nov 2024
#138
I think a lot of it has to do with Latino males not wanting to vote for a female president.
LisaL
Nov 2024
#103
It'd be nice if the media told us which states use Ivanka's trademarked voting machines.
live love laugh
Nov 2024
#102