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[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Nah. Trump got fewer votes (when you account for the ~4% population growth since the 2020 election) than last time, while Dems lost a fuckton of votes, compared to 2020.

Trump won, both the election, and the popular vote, not because he got Dems to vote for him, but because a dozen million Dems decided not to vote at all.

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You are saying, in other words, that a black woman with indian ancestry and an exemplary career in the government was not enough incentive to go vote for self-perceived progressive people? That was actually my point.

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Honestly, yeah. She's been in government positions for decades and hasn't had any real scandals. The worst thing I heard was that when she was a DA, her department worked with the local police, and the police department had a lab tech that was stealing cocaine and was testing the product at work several times. And a judge scolded the police department and DA office for not doing a better job handling that issue.

She had a pretty decent record of good morals and making effective, positive changes. Unless there's someone I haven't heard

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Exemplary. Not saying she excelled at everything, but she had several responsibilities in different levels of government and never was impeached or tried for anything related to her work. Lol.

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

a dozen million Dems decided not to vote at all.

Maybe. Some things just don't add up. Historic number of bullet ballots and Democrats winning in down-ballot races where Kamala lost, not to mention the rampant voter disenfranchisement and vote challenges that threw thousands of ballots out. Don't forget Musk buying votes in Pennsylvania and spending a quarter of a billion dollars on the election.