American gen Z voters share how they feel about Kamala Harrisā€™s presidential bid, why they like or dislike her as a candidate and whether they think she could beat Donald Trump, as the vice-presidentĀ races towards winning the Democratic nominationĀ for Novemberā€™s election.

ā€˜I think sheā€™s just what we needā€™

ā€œI think [Kamala Harris] is the only one that makes sense. She will get the votes Biden couldnā€™t. She could get the Black, Asian, Latino, womenā€™s, LGBTQ+ and youth votes. She stands more for progress and equality than an old white dude and if she wins it will be historic. The Democrats need a bold move and I think sheā€™s just what we need.

ā€œI hope theĀ DemocratsĀ realize what an opportunity this is for them.ā€Ā Will, 22,Ā construction worker from Portland, Oregon

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    • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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      5 months ago

      If you want politicians to listen to you, try voting in the primaries.

      People need to educate themselves. Look at how Jerry Falwell and his ā€˜Moral Majorityā€™ took over the GOP. They had one simple trck; if the local Republican clubhouse got 20 people at the regular meeting Falwellā€™s folks would show up with fifty. They got the little jobs, like county clerk and sheriff, and then the bigger state positions and finally were in a position to control who got the white House.

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        5 months ago

        If you want politicians to listen to you, try voting in the primaries.

        Please donā€™t gloat that the primaries have had a preordained winner for every presidential race since 2012. Particularly not when the most recent preordained winner had to step down, to the acclaim of the vast bulk of the party.

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          5 months ago

          and BotH Sides aRe ThE SAme, right?

          If youā€™re going to tell people not to vote, try coming up with an actual alternative action.

          • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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            5 months ago

            I did not say that people should not vote, or that both sides are the same. You lost the argument and youā€™re strawmanning. The shitty preordained candidate you wanted stepped down. We have a better candidate now.

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              5 months ago

              You said that the primaries were fixed.

              If I misunderstood you, itā€™s because you werenā€™t clear.

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                  How is it not your fault?

                  Itā€™s your job to write clearly. If someone makes an honest mistake, itā€™s the fault of the speaker.

                  Also, you claimed the primaries were rigged without giving any actual proof; by your own logic youā€™re the one making false accusations.