A poll of swing-state voters shows that Americans rate threats to democracy as an important issue, but that the president has yet to convince them he is the one to defend it.

I’ll note that this is substantially at odds with the candidates positions and history:

Joe Biden: Mr. Biden has framed the stakes of his re-election campaign as a fight to preserve American democracy. He has forcefully condemned Mr. Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and he has pursued — but Congress has not passed — legislation to expand voting access and counter restrictions in Republican-led states.

Mr. Trump is the only United States president who has refused to accept his loss in a democratic election. He tried to overturn the 2020 election and has sought to delegitimize the electoral system. He also uses terms like “vermin” to describe his political opponents and other groups, including migrants, dehumanizing swaths of society in language that echoes Hitler and other authoritarian leaders.

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  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    The issue is republicans don’t base their opinions on reality, and Dems do

    And with the DNC spending years saying primaries aren’t real and they can rig and even ignore results…

    It’s hard for them to argue they’re pro-democracy just a few months after yanking NH’s delegates after the state party refused to violate NH state law.

    Especially since we all know the reason the DNC didn’t want them to go first anymore, is they keep voting progressive

    It’s not enough to just be better than Republicans if we want to win. We need a party and candidates that live up to Dem voters standards.