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In reply to the discussion: 'Democrats Lost Them': Here's Why 2020 Biden Voters Sat Out The 2024 Election (Rolling Stone) [View all]EdmondDantes_
(1,255 posts)19. We have the populace we have
To some extent, we have to reach them where they are not where we'd hope they would be. It honestly shouldn't be as hard as it seems to be because in general the public majority votes for abortion access, for minimum wage increases etc. The 2024 election might have been an outlier due to the economic conditions and only having two choices, but given the long history of the economy doing better under Democratic administrations, we should be better able to sell that than we are.
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'Democrats Lost Them': Here's Why 2020 Biden Voters Sat Out The 2024 Election (Rolling Stone) [View all]
highplainsdem
Apr 2025
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Yep...that's exactly it. Racism on full. Now...those asshat voters have Trump.
Bengus81
Apr 2025
#17
Biden saved our economy after a pandemic. We had the best recovery of any nation.
travelingthrulife
Apr 2025
#116
People will cover up their racism and sexism with a paper towel if they have to. nt
Jit423
Apr 2025
#8
Whether this survey is accurate or not, what it says in d the American public are a bunch
JohnSJ
Apr 2025
#10
Didn't matter either way except to overly online people looking for an excuse to let Trump win
emulatorloo
Apr 2025
#67
People are looking for reasons to vote for someone not just voting against the other guy.
MichMan
Apr 2025
#65
Nah, these Non-Voters are looking for excuses. Unfortunately they are going to find out what a mistake
emulatorloo
Apr 2025
#71
Agree, but if it's close again I bet there will still be plenty of effort to get them back
thought crime
Apr 2025
#85
Bull. I have voted since 1968 and have yet to see a "perfect" candidate or one who addressed
LoisB
Apr 2025
#47
Exactly. The fiction that Harris' people ran a perfect campaign, as has been claimed here repeatedly
Rob H.
Apr 2025
#97
IF there are free and open elections again, the Republicans will never win again. /nt
artemisia1
Apr 2025
#64
It is never a choice between a perfect candidate and pure evil and incompetence (although this election came close).
waterwatcher123
Apr 2025
#74
Me me me me me me. I don't believe these claims to be engaged with politics and yet both sides same.
betsuni
Apr 2025
#81
So it is all the Democrats' fault people didn't vote, voted third party, or voted GOP.
valleyrogue
Apr 2025
#82
"...she left early after Harris failed to address the issues that mattered most to her."
LudwigPastorius
Apr 2025
#88
Universal healthcare for one, start there. Getting sick is USA's number 1 reason for bankruptcy.
Passages
Apr 2025
#110
After reading about the horse trading going on and the procedural hurdles
Keepthesoulalive
Apr 2025
#122
I'm old, I was taught to study and remember the past so we don't repeat the bad parts
questionseverything
Apr 2025
#135