Of the people who voted Biden in 2020 and did not return to vote Harris in 2024, about 30% said it was because of Palestine. If she had changed her stance on just that one issue, she would likely have picked up enough votes to win.
The lesson is obvious. They should have listened to Tlaib.
The genocide has stopped for now and more aid is getting in. They are also allowed back to their homes, so yes they are better off. How long it lasts is another matter.
That a proud Palestinian should be expected to support the literal pulverisation of a large part of Palestine, with all the death and mayhem that comes with it, is galaxy-brain stupidity.
Here's an idea, as you're such a prolific campaigner. You should lobby your state reps to support the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact and to implement ranked-choice voting for all federal elections. That way, the whole thing would no longer being choosing between evil 1 and evil 2.
My 1., 2. and 3. normally go to the candidates that best align with my world-view. The next preferences would go to the lesser socialists. The centrists I put in the middle, leaving the right-wingers and fascists at the bottom, making sure they get no benefit from my ballot.
Trump was elected not because of Rashida Tlaib or Kamala Harris or Hilary Clinton or Jill Stein or Ralph Nader or Ross Perot or whatever other easy patsy you can think of. He dominated an undemocratic "electoral" process that is eagerly perpetuated by those very people who are elected into it.
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The lesson is obvious. They should have listened to Tlaib.
Who did you vote for?