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Al Gore Thinks Trump Will Lose and Climate Activists Will Triumph
(www.nytimes.com)
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this post was submitted on 16 Apr 2024
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You are living in a dream world then. Candidates do what the money tells them to do -- and it's been this way for 40+ years, exacerbated by the Citizens United decision. That's a huge part of the problem. But if the voter base had a clue in the first place, we would have better people in office by now. So yes, it comes down to idiot uneducated voters.
I wish you luck in your endeavors.
So you understand that the candidates do not represent the voters, but you still feel the voters have some obligation to vote for a candidate that does not represent them, and they cannot influence.
How do you reconcile these two thoughts?
Personally I just provide the analysis that "dems need to do to get elected", don't vote dem because they never do those things, and work for local orgs that occasionally make a difference.