2024 US Presidential Election Thread
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Have fun America, you're getting a National Emergence in the new year...
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Is this going to include human rights abuses and lots of pain for lots of people? Yes. Is it going to harm the economy? Yes. Is it going to cost a lot? Yes.Have fun America, you're getting a National Emergence in the new year...
But are we going to make America great as a result?
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This is an interesting read. While it would be quite hyperbolic to claim that Kamala Harris lost because she spent time touting the Cheneys on the campaign trail, it does symbolize a larger problem with both the Harris campaign and the Democratic Party.
www.thenation.com
I find this paragraph especially compelling:
"Moderate Republicans" simply don't exist in any sizable numbers, yet the Democratic Party has particularly relied on this myth this election cycle. I meant, the type of never-Trumper-turned-centrist hardly seems to exist outside of legacy news media altogether. Data indicates that in spite of Harris' efforts to court this group, that 94% of Republicans voted for Trump in 2024 (the same figure as in 2020), while just 9% of self-identified conservatives voted for Harris in 2024, compared to 14% of them voting for Biden in 2020. I'd even go as far to say that the current DNC modus operandi is reliant on the myth of the moderate Republican- these types are vastly overrepresented in legacy media (while the growing progressive left hardly gets any airtime, even if it is adversarial), as cynical justification to keep the party from moving leftward on economic issues and not alienating its dark-monied influences. The Democratic establishment has shown themselves to want to be a less liberal and populist party mostly due to the influence of the donor class, and the only thing holding them back from going further in this direction is the party's actual voter base. The most influential party leaders (who are still largely the same folks who ran Bill Clinton's campaign) believe the way to win is to always move right, right, right. The Democratic Party has been pushing that Trump is some sort of exception, a glitch in the system, and that if he's beaten then "the fever will break." Cuddling up to the Cheneys both moves the campaign right and reinforces this farce that Trump is different from the Republican party as, hey look, Republicans are voting for Kamala! By even painting Trump as exceptional and different from the Republican party, they made him a desirable candidate for people who hate both parties and just want to vote for an outsider.
Part of a fundamental peril the Democratic Party faces that the GOP simply doesn't, is that by being composed of competing coalitions, spending too much time messaging to one group will eventually placate others. It is reasonable to argue that the Harris campaign aggressively campaigning to a group that hardly even exists did, in fact, anger the party's more liberal base and is partially why Harris so underperformed. The electorate did not move further right, rather key Democratic constituencies did not turn out to vote for Harris. Many Democratic voters are unmotivated by the party's constant talk about compromise, unity, respectability politics, and wishy-washy messaging on nearly every issue outside of abortion, while the GOP makes no effort to have any veneer of bipartisanship and will do anything to push through its nakedly partisan and unpopular agenda. Also, Democratic voters don't see the Cheneys as role models simply for standing up to Trump, as they make no effort not to be anti-choice, anti-LGBTQ+, war hawks, etc. Who do they even appeal to? Who are these mysterious voters that like a right wing pivot by a Democrat, but don't ultimately vote for the actual right wing party?
Liz Cheney Was an Electoral Fiasco for Kamala Harris
Conservatives backed Trump by bigger percentages than in 2020. And time spent with Cheney prevented Harris from reaching out to the voters she needed.
www.thenation.com
I find this paragraph especially compelling:
"Moderate Republicans" simply don't exist in any sizable numbers, yet the Democratic Party has particularly relied on this myth this election cycle. I meant, the type of never-Trumper-turned-centrist hardly seems to exist outside of legacy news media altogether. Data indicates that in spite of Harris' efforts to court this group, that 94% of Republicans voted for Trump in 2024 (the same figure as in 2020), while just 9% of self-identified conservatives voted for Harris in 2024, compared to 14% of them voting for Biden in 2020. I'd even go as far to say that the current DNC modus operandi is reliant on the myth of the moderate Republican- these types are vastly overrepresented in legacy media (while the growing progressive left hardly gets any airtime, even if it is adversarial), as cynical justification to keep the party from moving leftward on economic issues and not alienating its dark-monied influences. The Democratic establishment has shown themselves to want to be a less liberal and populist party mostly due to the influence of the donor class, and the only thing holding them back from going further in this direction is the party's actual voter base. The most influential party leaders (who are still largely the same folks who ran Bill Clinton's campaign) believe the way to win is to always move right, right, right. The Democratic Party has been pushing that Trump is some sort of exception, a glitch in the system, and that if he's beaten then "the fever will break." Cuddling up to the Cheneys both moves the campaign right and reinforces this farce that Trump is different from the Republican party as, hey look, Republicans are voting for Kamala! By even painting Trump as exceptional and different from the Republican party, they made him a desirable candidate for people who hate both parties and just want to vote for an outsider.
Part of a fundamental peril the Democratic Party faces that the GOP simply doesn't, is that by being composed of competing coalitions, spending too much time messaging to one group will eventually placate others. It is reasonable to argue that the Harris campaign aggressively campaigning to a group that hardly even exists did, in fact, anger the party's more liberal base and is partially why Harris so underperformed. The electorate did not move further right, rather key Democratic constituencies did not turn out to vote for Harris. Many Democratic voters are unmotivated by the party's constant talk about compromise, unity, respectability politics, and wishy-washy messaging on nearly every issue outside of abortion, while the GOP makes no effort to have any veneer of bipartisanship and will do anything to push through its nakedly partisan and unpopular agenda. Also, Democratic voters don't see the Cheneys as role models simply for standing up to Trump, as they make no effort not to be anti-choice, anti-LGBTQ+, war hawks, etc. Who do they even appeal to? Who are these mysterious voters that like a right wing pivot by a Democrat, but don't ultimately vote for the actual right wing party?
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Democrats: "We could have adjusted our message just a little bit to more perfectly capture some voters".This is an interesting read. While it would be quite hyperbolic to claim that Kamala Harris lost because she spent time touting the Cheneys on the campaign trail, it does symbolize a larger problem with both the Harris campaign and the Democratic Party.
Liz Cheney Was an Electoral Fiasco for Kamala Harris
Conservatives backed Trump by bigger percentages than in 2020. And time spent with Cheney prevented Harris from reaching out to the voters she needed.
I find this paragraph especially compelling:
"Moderate Republicans" simply don't exist in any sizable numbers, yet the Democratic Party has particularly relied on this myth this election cycle. I meant, the type of never-Trumper-turned-centrist hardly seems to exist outside of legacy news media altogether. Data indicates that in spite of Harris' efforts to court this group, that 94% of Republicans voted for Trump in 2024 (the same figure as in 2020), while just 9% of self-identified conservatives voted for Harris in 2024, compared to 14% of them voting for Biden in 2020. I'd even go as far to say that the current DNC modus operandi is reliant on the myth of the moderate Republican- these types are vastly overrepresented in legacy media (while the growing progressive left hardly gets any airtime, even if it is adversarial), as cynical justification to keep the party from moving leftward on economic issues and not alienating its dark-monied influences. The Democratic establishment has shown themselves to want to be a less liberal and populist party mostly due to the influence of the donor class, and the only thing holding them back from going further in this direction is the party's actual voter base. The most influential party leaders (who are still largely the same folks who ran Bill Clinton's campaign) believe the way to win is to always move right, right, right. The Democratic Party has been pushing that Trump is some sort of exception, a glitch in the system, and that if he's beaten then "the fever will break." Cuddling up to the Cheneys both moves the campaign right and reinforces this farce that Trump is different from the Republican party as, hey look, Republicans are voting for Kamala! By even painting Trump as exceptional and different from the Republican party, they made him a desirable candidate for people who hate both parties and just want to vote for an outsider.
Part of a fundamental peril the Democratic Party faces that the GOP simply doesn't, is that by being composed of competing coalitions, spending too much time messaging to one group will eventually placate others. It is reasonable to argue that the Harris campaign aggressively campaigning to a group that hardly even exists did, in fact, anger the party's more liberal base and is partially why Harris so underperformed. The electorate did not move further right, rather key Democratic constituencies did not turn out to vote for Harris. Many Democratic voters are unmotivated by the party's constant talk about compromise, unity, respectability politics, and wishy-washy messaging on nearly every issue outside of abortion, while the GOP makes no effort to have any veneer of bipartisanship and will do anything to push through its nakedly partisan and unpopular agenda. Also, Democratic voters don't see the Cheneys as role models simply for standing up to Trump, as they make no effort not to be anti-choice, anti-LGBTQ+, war hawks, etc. Who do they even appeal to? Who are these mysterious voters that like a right wing pivot by a Democrat, but don't ultimately vote for the actual right wing party?
Trump: Simulates sex with a microphone, pontificates about Hitler.
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To be clear, if any of you are thinking that the democrats should have polished their campaign a little more to win over voters, you do not understand what happened.
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Let me put this another way. If what happened was that some group of left-leaning individuals didn't turn out for Harris, it's not because they didn't get the message delivered to them, it's because they didn't understand it. They way they will get that message is not campaigning or messaging. That OBVIOUSLY didn't work. They way they will get the message is pain. The pain of watching and experiencing what happens from here.
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Im a white male, who spent most of their life self employed, with about 10 employees on average. I’m relatively well educated, pragmatic, practical, and from a risk/reward perspective, relatively conservative in judgement. Im also, a life long independent. Never believing either party did a sufficient job. I also thought Harries was a poor choice, who ran a poorly thought out campaign, and received a eminently predictable result, largely for the reasons you’ve listed.This is an interesting read. While it would be quite hyperbolic to claim that Kamala Harris lost because she spent time touting the Cheneys on the campaign trail, it does symbolize a larger problem with both the Harris campaign and the Democratic Party.
Liz Cheney Was an Electoral Fiasco for Kamala Harris
Conservatives backed Trump by bigger percentages than in 2020. And time spent with Cheney prevented Harris from reaching out to the voters she needed.
I find this paragraph especially compelling:
"Moderate Republicans" simply don't exist in any sizable numbers, yet the Democratic Party has particularly relied on this myth this election cycle. I meant, the type of never-Trumper-turned-centrist hardly seems to exist outside of legacy news media altogether. Data indicates that in spite of Harris' efforts to court this group, that 94% of Republicans voted for Trump in 2024 (the same figure as in 2020), while just 9% of self-identified conservatives voted for Harris in 2024, compared to 14% of them voting for Biden in 2020. I'd even go as far to say that the current DNC modus operandi is reliant on the myth of the moderate Republican- these types are vastly overrepresented in legacy media (while the growing progressive left hardly gets any airtime, even if it is adversarial), as cynical justification to keep the party from moving leftward on economic issues and not alienating its dark-monied influences. The Democratic establishment has shown themselves to want to be a less liberal and populist party mostly due to the influence of the donor class, and the only thing holding them back from going further in this direction is the party's actual voter base. The most influential party leaders (who are still largely the same folks who ran Bill Clinton's campaign) believe the way to win is to always move right, right, right. The Democratic Party has been pushing that Trump is some sort of exception, a glitch in the system, and that if he's beaten then "the fever will break." Cuddling up to the Cheneys both moves the campaign right and reinforces this farce that Trump is different from the Republican party as, hey look, Republicans are voting for Kamala! By even painting Trump as exceptional and different from the Republican party, they made him a desirable candidate for people who hate both parties and just want to vote for an outsider.
Part of a fundamental peril the Democratic Party faces that the GOP simply doesn't, is that by being composed of competing coalitions, spending too much time messaging to one group will eventually placate others. It is reasonable to argue that the Harris campaign aggressively campaigning to a group that hardly even exists did, in fact, anger the party's more liberal base and is partially why Harris so underperformed. The electorate did not move further right, rather key Democratic constituencies did not turn out to vote for Harris. Many Democratic voters are unmotivated by the party's constant talk about compromise, unity, respectability politics, and wishy-washy messaging on nearly every issue outside of abortion, while the GOP makes no effort to have any veneer of bipartisanship and will do anything to push through its nakedly partisan and unpopular agenda. Also, Democratic voters don't see the Cheneys as role models simply for standing up to Trump, as they make no effort not to be anti-choice, anti-LGBTQ+, war hawks, etc. Who do they even appeal to? Who are these mysterious voters that like a right wing pivot by a Democrat, but don't ultimately vote for the actual right wing party?
I thought the republicans needed a rebuild, but honestly…it’s really the democrats who have been lost for years. Frankly, most of the republicans i know will lie about being never trumpers, but its only camouflage, until they think they are among their people. They have no qualms, nor guilt, about this lie. Most enjoy executing it, as it makes them feel cunning. Point being. The republicans have proven they are happy with their choice, they would just prefer not being judged for it. The democrats, with their now decades long reign of centrist leadership, however appears completely lost and due for a full rebuild before becoming relevant again.
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Yes, the republicans are happy with their choice. That should have been clear in 2016, and 2020.
No, it's because people like yourself, for whatever reason, have still not quite understood what they're doing. The Democrats are not in a position to become relevant again. It no longer matters, the nation is broken. Will we have another election again? I hazard to say that it will not be a fair one if it happens.
The republicans are willing to get behind the biggest idiot asshole they could find, who messes up absolutely everything, is 80 years old (and it shows), and has character flaws a mile long. Who was personal friends with Epstein, is a rapist, and literally attacked the country.
But what to people like you say, that the democrats didn't do a good enough job picking a candidate. Despite picking a candidate who was in fact NOT friends with Epstein. NOT a rapist. And did actually have good ideas to improve conditions of all kinds.
If you can't get out of your own damned way in a situation like that, you DESERVE to lose your country. Even if you voted for Harris, if you're talking about what the democrats need to do NEXT TIME, you still somehow didn't understand the situation.
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TL;DR
**** around and find out America.
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Trump doesn't know anything about Project 2025, just so happens to be coincidentally picking the guy who wrote about the FCC as its incoming chairman.
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Oh yes it did.
Trump himself has only moved right since 2016, and the electorate has followed him.
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Don’t get so caught up in my optimistic framing of the future of the country, nor take that as ignorance relative to its state. We share a perspective that the upcoming period will be filled with pain, death and generally avoidable suffering. That these idiots are finally going to get what they have been ordering. And that it will take that pain to hopefully lead to a changing of perspective‘s …someday.
Or thermonuclear war.
For the record, i’ve voted democrat since bush/Cheney, and tried to convince anyone who will listen that this right-center-right tac is futile and would eventually lead us to a point such as this.
Additionally, you’ll recall my points about Biden being taxed physically, but fine, and that removing him would lead to catastrophic results. I knew he was under strain prior to the debate because of hunters trial, and fighting covid, not senility. I knew this because Greenville, has always been a small place…which i’ve lived in or thereabouts, for 20yrs…
….but nah. People chose to believe teh veedeeeooos. Mine eyes!!! And big money as they orchestrated their coup
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Fwiw: anyone who didn’t vote against trump and republicans, all the way down the ballot this time, i blame for this. Also, fresh out of empathy and sympathy, for whats coming. This was a win at all costs moment and they categorically failed. I agree, in a sane world, voting for a crusty turd should have been more palatable than voting for what we have. But apparently school vouchers and the like, have done an excellent job dumbing down the population, and an expectation that people have a rudimentary grasp of poli sci and world events is unrealistic.
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Every point where Harris was vulnerable, Biden was moreso.
Yes.
And that's where the blame stops for me. I see no evidence that any slightly different technique or message from Harris would have made a difference. Because the message was not what people were voting on. If they were, the results would have been different.
The American people just re-elected the single worst president we have ever had despite many insane moments and statements since then.
This election should not have been close. We are far more broken than a messaging a little differently on the middle east or economic policy, or campaigning for a few moments with Liz Chaney. This is an absolutely massive problem, not some kind of tweak. It's a problem that we can only fix through a great deal of suffering apparently.
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