"Change" and he's further back in their memories. People are genuinely struggling - both in where they are and where they're headed; he promises he can change that direction. He won't, but people are desperate and Kamala ran as a status quo candidate
It's more than just one thing, of course. Probably some racism and sexism too
72 so far, Harris with 67. Pretty low turnout given the stakes
Man, if he'd form a populist left party and stop caucusing with the Dems, he might get a lot of enthusiastic support and candidates running locally soon
I genuinely think it can be both. Voters were too short-sighted to see their self-interest and Dem leaders didn't convince them
I get this, but probably the best way to feel safer is to forge local connections. Check on your neighbors, they'll check on you
I was just talking with a friend about this. How do you build up a left-wing populist party? Establishment Dems seem like they'd rather lose than bring in progressives. So it'd have to be very grassroots, right? Tea party definitely had some help from the top at the time
Person on right is glad because they saw the death that was avoided. Person on left is sad because they see what is lost. America voted which path, and I'll be generous and say that neither passenger could see the other side's track
I agree, but what do you do about that? I'm not out here geo-engineering albedo shit to still climate change.
So where does the blame go? I think at status quo Dem leadership when people are genuinely anxious and struggling. Maybe Kamala did the best she could for who she is, but the DNC should have been retired when Obama won
I don't think you can put this one on the boomers. This is bigger than them
We tried in Oregon. The real problem is that both Democrat establishment and Republican establishment hate RCV because it diminishes their power. It may be time for progressives to separate from Dems a bit more at local and state levels. Look at Osborn in NE
It's close though. Big shift (so far) is 10 million ish fewer for Harris
100% I think a lot of people don't realize that prisons are modern slavery. Need more slave labor? Send protesters to the gulag.