PapaSkwat

but we all know they won’t do either.

Which is why I'll keep voting third party. I'm not gonna support a party with no spine.

Yep, and the only way I'll vote Democrat. If they don't pick her, then I'll vote third party again. And Lemmy will be really really mad about it.

Lastly, I’m glad you feel your third-party vote had an impact

Thanks. It had an impact on me, as it's my right to vote for who I want to win. Without regard of who people are afraid of winning. If the Democrats are really concerned, they can pick better candidates.

because their parents did and they don’t know better and can’t be bothered to read real news?

OR some people just don't believe the same things you do, and they vote Republican. Welcome to democracy.

Not everyone who votes differently than you is just ignorant and can't be bothered to read news.

Pushing the fallacy that Republicans/republican voters are ignorant or uninformed, is what made you all lose to Trump. Twice. You lost to Trump 2 different fucking times. Look in a mirror!

I know plenty of republicans who are smart and a force to be reckoned with. I don't agree with or subscribe to a lot of their views, but I wouldn't call them ignorant.

Thinking they're ignorant is what fucked the Dem party in the first place.

Also, before people attack me for being a Trump. Nah, you can attack me for being "BoTh SiDeS" though, because I think both sides suck equally. I'm a third party voter. And very proud of it.

The article is saying a measurable 13–16% slice of Trump voters now shows some regret or would change their vote, roughly double earlier levels and double Harris voters' regret. The "5%" is the narrowest possible definition. That's why different people are quoting different numbers from the exact same piece.

From article: "Just to underscore, these surveys suggest between 1 in 8 and 1 in 6 Trump voters express some measure of regret for their 2024 votes. Were those percentages to desert the GOP in the 2026 midterm elections, it would almost undoubtedly be a wave election for Democrats."

But that's great news then, right? Nothing to be worried about then, right? No reason for everyone to be mad. In 2 years, Dems win. Right?

I mean, I'll be voting third party unless Dems choose AOC, but you all should be fine without me. Right? Hmmm...

Many Dems on Lemmy would rather just label you as 'propaganda', than admit that you are right. lol

You're right, tho!

Exactly this

The party is losing support poll after poll after poll, and they think attacking leftists is going to help.

Yep, just now, in another thread I was accused of being being propaganda. LMAO All because I said that back in 2024, Lemmy was even more hostile to people who criticized the Dem party than they are now. It was wrong to do then, and wrong to do now lol

Democrats just can not accept responsibility for what happened for some reason. It's always a blame game.

They need better candidates or shit's gonna get even worse. How hard is it to find someone under the age of 60, and who has independent forward-thinking ideas and cares about the public?! WTF?! I like AOC, but I am not hearing any talk of them putting her in the running, so no clue what they are gonna do. But election is only 2 years away. They need to start doing something.

That's the important part. Only 5% regret their vote. Most people in this thread who are celebrating and laughing, only read the headline.

This kind of "told you so!" stuff and thinking they were untouchable is what led to the Democrats loss. And will again if people aren't careful. People need to stop thinking "Not Trump!", because that doesn't win elections. Dems need to come up with some good candidates who are more than just "not Trump."

RootsAction, a progressive advocacy group that conducted its own analysis of Democrats’ 2024 loss, said in a statement that the DNC’s refusal to publicize its findings “undermines the goal of defeating Trumpism.”

Thank you for this!

Hell yeah, brother. I stand next to you. Proudly. I was hated on Lemmy for proclaiming this back during the '24 election, but I didn't change my mind. Glad to see more and more people willing to stand up and say it.