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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 hour ago

Because one side wants to own the libs and that's all they want to do. While one side is just as bad, they want to own the population to get away with crimes and the other side is never taken seriously as it's full of gas huffing paint-chip addicts.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Most people are poorer today in the day-to-day than they were 4 years ago.

That's why. It's that simple.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 hours ago

That, and they forgot that they were poorer 4 years ago than they were 8 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

For the same reason I got temp banned from this community. People only need to be slightly against the circlejerk to be pushed away from a community, and this creates a "well, might as well let everything burn" counter-resentment. I can't vote in the US, but part of that reason is having prioritized society and consequences over ego and money. if I could I would vote against Trump, but it seems you guys are stuck doing it, and you reap what you sow. Stop being surprised pikachu-faced.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago

Guys k-12 education is literally Zionist and grade 8 genocided grade 9.

You're just a Zionist if you support expanding k-12 education.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Race is close because the news media has a vested interest in it being close, so they are very selective to not report on anything that could crush trump out of the running. because contention and conflict drives viewership and ratings. So does another Trump presidency, and the media has dropped all pretense on who their preferential candidate is for that reason.

Which is why they spent a month harping on the mass hallucination of Bidens supposed mental incompetence, yet havent done so much as very briskly brush by the same topic on trumps very obvious, very public, very recorded decline. or his increasingly nazi-like rhetoric. or him doing anything that would have anyone else out of the race if it was reported on properly

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

In addition to all the things said elsewhere in this thread, younger demographics are less likely to engage with polling, which is likely effecting the outcome of the polls. The emails/texts/phone calls/etc just get ignored, so that leaves the older generations as the only ones who actually answer.

I know the polls try to take that into account, but it's never going to be possible to do so perfectly.

So tldr: fuck the polls go vote, and make sure your friends/family votes

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago

Also worth noting that younger people are less likely to vote

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

45% of American voters will vote for Trump even if every accusation against him is true. 45% of American voters will vote for Harris even if every accusation against her is true.

It stopped being about issues decades ago. It's about ideologies.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

It's actually more like 45% of American voters will vote for Trump if every accusation against him is true, so he can say and do whatever bullshit he wants, and 45% of American voters wouldn't vote for Harris even if every accusation against her was true, so she has to keep her promises in line with reality. You have the portion of society that is gamed by the system, and the portion of society that is aware, and those that are aware are much harder to please.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The electoral collage an years of disinformation and latent bigotry plus corporate greed screwing us all over...did I miss anything?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago

Cult of personality?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

Republicans don’t want the country to be educated.

People with college degrees are overwhelmingly voting Harris. Republicans know that if we make the country smarter they’re screwed

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

Pretty sure it's the economy. Despite the fact that the US economy has been reasonably well managed, by international standards, people are hurting -- which is the perfect recipe for changing the governing party. Telling people that things aren't as bad as they think they are makes you sound out of touch.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

why is this race so close?

Two words: Electoral College.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

If you go by the polls, the two candidates are within margin of error of each other, or very close. We're looking at a possibility that Trump would not only win the EC, but the overall popular vote, as well.

The EC is not the only issue at play. Millions of Americans either like Trump or are willing to handwave his behavior away rather than vote for a Democrat.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago

No Republican has won the popular vote in 22 years, and that was because of 9/11. Before that, it was George Bush Sr. in 1988.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

The electoral college takes it from a 45-55 to a 50-50. But what on God's green earth gets him that 45% of the votes?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 hours ago

some people are misogynistic, others like how much he represents the average American (dancing away the difficult problems).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago

People who only loosely follow politics but liked the Obama economy that trump inherited and only watch Fox News. "He can't possibly be worse than a demoncrat, he's the same party as Reagan! It's really sad how the media slanders him"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
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