• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    This is all a result of the weakness that voters allow for in supporting the lessor of two bad options rather than demanding more from our representatives.

    it’s too late now.

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      10 days ago

      if we demand more from representatives and succeed you dingdongs accuse them of coopting all of the energy. depart, wrecker

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        10 days ago

        she lost because she didn’t feel she needed to have policies popular among her voters, her base.

        The people who lost this election for us were those defending the candidates position on the indefensible, with lines like “But Trump is worse”

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      10 days ago

      It’s too late for this now, but this video succinctly explains why this line of thinking doesn’t apply under first past the post:

      Https://youtu.be/s7tWHJfhiyo

      The correct move was everybody backs Kamala and then busts her balls on progressive issues.