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Nate Silver Predicts Who Will Be The 2028 Democratic Presidential Nominee
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"People want progressive policy and couldnt give a fuck who the candidate was."
I don't think this squares with reality. Democrats ran women against Donald Trump twice, and a boring old white man once.
I think ignorance runs too deep, and there's a larger swath of "well-meaning" centrist voters who "daggum just know a woman cain't do the job!" than we want to admit.
And it fucking sucks.
Yeah you are just wildly fucking wrong. Barely the time in life to have to keep swatting down this idiotic take.
Harris didn't lose because she was black or a woman: She lost because she ran a Republican/ corporate race in a Democratic lane.
If Democrats keep trying to be Republicans, they'll keep losing, and your take steers them in that direction.
Democrats aren't ever running against the Republican in the race. That's not how elections in the US have worked since 1992.
Democrats are only running against the couch, and when your campaign principal message is "Nothing would fundamentally change", when the incumbent was polling at 33%?
I appreciate the response, but I think you're incorrect. This might be the sentiment in your peer group, but it doesn't square with what we always end up seeing play out nationally.
Rather than celebrating "swatting down" my "idiotic take" I suggest you engage in a bit of self reflection.
If you think Democrats are losing nationally simply because they're not progressive enough, it's because you do not have a clear understanding of national politics. That's fair though, because it helps to drive home my point, because the bloc of voters who swing elections do not have a firm grasp on national politics, either.
Thanks for taking the time to politely remind these lemmy users they are in an echo chamber.
I agree that running a female candidate will lose votes. It wont lose my vote, but it will lose enough votes to potentially lose the election.