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Is Kamala Blowing It? (www.currentaffairs.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Her campaign began with huge fanfare. Now she’s slipping in the polls and making seemingly obvious mistakes. What’s going on?

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Too much of the PA economy is dependent on fracking. If she supported a ban, she'd lose PA.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

And yet only 0.5% work in fossil fuels....

Although 1.5 million people across Pennsylvania live within half a mile of oil and gas wells, compressors and processors, not all feel as sharply affected by fracking and to win the state’s crucial 19 electoral votes, according to prevailing political thinking, means not threatening an industry that directly employs around 16,000 people, around 0.5 percent of all jobs in the state.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/donald-trump-kamala-harris-pennsylvania-fracking-support-dimock-anger-water-wells-contamination/

Read the article, I think it will change your mind. And they present it better than I can.