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[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago (40 children)

You can't berate people into voting the way you want. That is the lesson the DNC needs to learn if they actually want to win.

Social media trolls could do to realize that too.

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Yeah. Obviously not all of America voted, and many of Biden's voters didn't show up for Harris. But of those who did vote, Trump fucking won. Trump didn't get more votes this time, Democrats got less. Maybe they could learn a lesson about actually caring or even fucking pretending to care about people struggling to get by.

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[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 55 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The modern Democratic party fights harder against its own "base" than they do against the opposing party. People still came out in droves to vote for them despite that but their dedication to complacency in a system that is failing everybody but the rich left enough people behind to tip the scales. The Dems have enabled this and anybody who expects them to save us from it is delusional.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Save? No

Stop from making worse? Yes

Plus I think Democrats will cave to protesters faster than the GOP will, Democrats see people mad at them and they panic, GOP sees people made at them and they shout "Open fire!"

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

A literal monkey elected to office would do less harm than Trump and the modern Republican party. We can keep arguing that the Dems are the lesser of two evils but until they radically change and grow a spine it's only delaying the inevitable descent into chaos.

As for Dems responding to protestors, are you forgetting so soon how the Dems responded to the Palestine protesters over the summer?

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[–] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Well the Google results i saw say about 64% of eligible voters voted, which is apparently high for the US.

Based on 2020 numbers it does look like a lot of 2020 Biden voters stayed home and most 2020 Trump voters came out again. Add in some economy frustration and surprise we get this shit show for 4 years...

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[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 47 points 2 days ago (65 children)

Tens of millions of people voted for the Democrats. Do they not get to complain?

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[–] art@lemmy.world 46 points 2 days ago (17 children)

Realistically, it's the Democrats who failed the voting public. Their campaign of "We offer you nothing!", did not seem to drag in very many undecided voters. You and I might be very politically active, but the majority of Americans are not.

You need to give them a reason to go out and vote. A lot of people have very short attention spans, and easily forgot how bad Trump was the first time around and shaming the people for their shortsightedness is not how you win elections.

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