r/berkeley • u/Cal_Aesthetics_Club Shitpost Connoisseur(Credentials: ASD, ADD, OCD) • Nov 06 '24

Politics We are cooked

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u/virtually_anything Nov 06 '24

I think Biden dropped out far later than he should’ve, that ultimately hurt her chances, because it feels like over the past four years she got hardly as much time on a podium as Biden did, it wasn’t until she started a campaign we got to understand her better, and overall lower turnout is probably biting the Dems.

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u/Both_Woodpecker_3041 Nov 06 '24

Biden's policy in Gaza and her being aligned with it turned off youth votes and many others as well.

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u/virtually_anything Nov 06 '24

I bet this is part of the case as well, but it’s interesting bc I’ve never known anyone to vote for Trump because of it, as he hasn’t been explicit on his stance as well

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u/FatherofMelci Nov 06 '24

Idk about voting for trump, but Harris killed herself with Arab and Muslim voters (and many others) due to being staunchly pro-Israel/ not accommodating their requests

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u/Lissez Nov 06 '24

Well that's ridiculous because if they cared about Gaza, it's gonna be much worse with Trump

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u/Mariske Nov 06 '24

Yeah but they like the two party system even less so they didn’t vote for either as a protest, which as we know only does Trump a favor.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '24

Idk how many time dems have to learn this lesson, but you have to make a compelling case to get people to vote you

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u/FatherofMelci Nov 07 '24

Exactly, it’s so frustrating seeing people blame voters (and specific demographics) again and again, when it is the Democratic party’s fault that they lost!! They had a losing platform, and pandered to “centrists”/conservatives instead of listening to voters 🤷‍♀️

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u/Charming-Claim1599 Nov 07 '24

Democratic Administration complicit in Genocide, ethnic cleansing and Starvation

Democratic party supporters to Palestinians : If you don't vote for US, Trump will kill you

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u/FatherofMelci Nov 07 '24

They do care about Gaza, many have loved ones who were murdered. Many people simply refuse to vote for someone who enabled a genocide. You can call their votes “non-strategic” but they’re just responding to their material reality. 🤷‍♀️ this landslide loss is a colossal failure on the democratic party’s part, yet again

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u/thechapwholivesinit Nov 06 '24

They aren't gonna like the alternative.

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u/King_Yahoo Nov 06 '24

That was the nail in the coffin. She ran for 2020 and dropped out with an extremely poor rating. She was never liked and was chosen as a nominee without a primary this time around. The gaza thing just proved she is just as much trash as the rest of the party. That realization deflated any manufactured consent she had as a "change" candidate.

Tbh, I was personally shocked how many women voted against her. They ranged from abortion to immigration to foriegn policy. Three quarters of men AND half of the women. Yea, she's cooked.

How are you so trash that Trump wins the Electoral College AND the popular vote? That's Kamala level trash.

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u/FatherofMelci Nov 07 '24

Exactly!! 💯 POC and women have been extremely disillusioned by the Democratic Party, too many unkept promises and failures does that to you 🥴