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[+] 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (7 children)
  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    They're not going to vote for an alternative unless they're convinced Trump is bad for them.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    I have to wonder how many quiet trump voters there are and why they voted the way they did. Trump got 49.8% of the pop vote but it does not seem like 49.8% of Americans are MAGA flag-wavers. The die-hards are zealots, so basically unreachable. But there have to have been a large number who really thought of the Trump/Harris vote as selecting 'the lesser of two evils.' If there had been a real alternative, not even a particular affirmative position but some kind of 'none of the above, find new candidates' option, I have to wonder what the results could have looked like.

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  • [–] -4 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    The Democrats need to be real and nominate people who Republicans might actually consider.

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    This sort of nonsense is why we have Democrats in Congress right now suggesting increasing the ICE budget.

    What we need to radical American populism. Freedom liberty and justice for all. A candidate who stands against the wealthy class in favor of the 99%

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    That's a the ideal candidate you want winning but whose going to finance that platform? I can't see that winning the next election against the weslth and influence of the 1%. And since the US is locked into a 2 party system, you only get 1 chance to beat the Republicans, so the Democrats need to be realistic and represent all voters of today, not the idealised future.

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