• Infamousblt [any]@hexbear.net
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    10 months ago

    Wait this is one that could actually matter right? Trump would never in a million years win Colorado but I can see a world in which he could win Maine.

    Is this how American “Democracy” dies? By states just throwing a viable candidate off the ballot? That’s…not how I would have guessed.

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      10 months ago

      what could possibly go wrong if you massively motivate Trump’s base to vote by feeding their aggrievement while your own candidate is historically unpopular?

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        10 months ago

        Weren’t the 2022 midterms an unexpectedly poor turnout for the Republicans as so many of them bought into the “stolen election” bit? Isn’t this just going to further reinforce their beliefs that the elections are all rigged?

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        10 months ago

        Not necessarily a ton of votes are by clueless people who decide based on what fast food they had on their way to the polling booth. If he’s not on the ballot he would lose those people. Note that I support these people’s voting habits as it is more class conscious than being an ideological dem or rep. The actually motivated Trump voting base is surprisingly small compared to how the lib media presents it, that’s one of the reasons the Republicans keep getting shallaked on state abortion votes.

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        10 months ago

        Trump’s base has been notoriously underperforming since the very beginning, even when he won. The 2022 midterms usually give an advantage to the opposition party, and that didn’t quite happen.

        It’s turning out people are voting closer to more cogent political demands, mostly regarding taxes, abortion access, property, etc. Candidates who focus on more abstract, cultural grievances tend to perform poorly. Culture war stuff that gets put on a referendum tends to give a victory to the progressive side. I can’t imagine the average chuds will want to vote even harder if Trump’s off the ballot in some states. They’re fickle and will vote for whoever else Republicans run, if they run someone else.

        At best maybe they’ll organize another stupid riot at the capital, achieve nothing, then go home. Maybe we’ll see more mass shooters. Who knows. But in terms of voting, I just can’t see the motivation coming from legal disputes or stuff disconnected from average people

        • RonPaulyShore [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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          Rs have been taking loss after loss for the last six years, the abortion and trans kulture kamf and the rigged election conspiracies are proven loser shit, and yet the online “left” is still flinching over 2016 and mueller. it’s wild, total lib-derangement-syndrome.