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Articles come with dates. You’ll notice that 2025 is after 2024.
A CBS poll also isn’t as thorough as Pew.
Ninety one million people didn’t vote. Among them, were protestors, conservatives and democrats, had the democrats and the protestors voted, even counting the republicans, she still would have won. A post-election survey doesn’t tell you shit aside from how many people want to have it known that they would have won if they bothered to bet.
End of story.
So essentially you’re mad that Pew’s data shows there was no realistic path to Harris winning, because theoretically every conservative could have stayed home and everyone else could have voted, and actually they were all probably lying about liking Trump, and also Pew just happened to randomly select people that would lie about liking Trump. If it hadn’t been for them Harris would have definitely won!! Even though 2024 had the second highest turnout in over a century (again, something you might know if you read the article).
This sure sounds like a lot of hoops to jump through for the result to be that the Democratic Party didn’t fuck up. I’m sure screaming at and berating the people already opposed to Trump will win you more votes next time, though. It worked so well last time! That’s a lot less scary than dismantling racism and fascism in your own community and gives you that nice, sanctimonious high.
lol… again… a post election survey of what people would have done- isn’t an accurate reading of anything at all.
It’s a guess. A trust placed in people that were too fucking stupid to do the right thing the first time.
But by all means, keep propping up this nonsense as an argument against having to be responsible for something. And the irony of you calling me sanctimonious.
I voted.
I never accused you of not voting, and I voted too (Democratic ticket all the way down in a blue state).
The fact you think you can divine who voted based on how hard they jack off the Democratic establishment is why you aren’t and won’t be having useful or productive conversations with anyone who isn’t already in lockstep with you. You’re having your two minutes’ hate, not getting anyone new to vote against Trump.