We literally had the worst possible person imaginable run for president again, and we STILL lost. I think we need to re-evaluate what tweaks we need to make. Democratic self righteousness doesn’t matter to the voters who ended up deciding this election.
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I've been studying the groups we thought we had in the bag, but didn't. We need to get in front of these groups before 2026 and 2028.
Also, I'm really concerned we lost the House and the Senate. What could we have done differently?
"Re-evaluate the tweaks we need to make?" We need to throw the playback out and start from scratch: the media, the politicians, and all the messaging.
The ‘high road’ actually seemed to have suggested “better than”.
Oh look, the GOP are about to push huge tariff increases. How about that?
Dems are not the problem.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/15/republican-ads-false-flag/
They dominate national communication in a way the democrats cannot compete with.
All of this “we need to stop virtue signaling” is bullshit. That’s us doing their work for them. Don’t fall for it.
The left needs a bigger megaphone
It's like a fishbowl with a tired horsefly buzzing around in there
You can't "convince" voters who don't know what a Supreme Court is
https://search.app?link=https%3A%2F%2Fkansasreflector.com%2F2023%2F01%2F21%2Fwhy-do-right-wing-voices-dominate-the-am-dial-decades-of-change-cemented-shift%2F&utm_campaign=aga&utm_source=agsadl1%2Csh%2Fx%2Fgs%2Fm2%2F4
(this step hasn’t been completed yet)
Encourage young people to run
Support them
Abide by a fair selection process
Support the winner
(Big problems with this one)
Give them enough time to acquaint themselves with the electorate
Value pragmatism
https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1857734822799540684?t=IQpui_NH7pAYc46X9loJ9Q&s=19
And Elon ran a precisely targeted dark money campaign at the groups that left Harris
People: But my rent
Dems: Wags finger, points at the chart again.
People: I can't afford food
Dems: Points at chart, and glares, stop whining! it could be worse, you want a muslim ban?
And the DNC gaslit us all, over Biden's decrepit condition for years.
So if both sides are lying, why pick either?
Not my choice, but the one a lot of folks clearly made.
I’m disappointed that you’re blaming the very people who are fighting for democracy, rather than people trying to destroy it.
A better question might be how to counteract the disinformation they spread.
Dems ran no ads directly counteracting the most heinous, untruthful ads Rs ran on immigrants and Trans persons. Fatal flaw.
self-congratulatory messaging absolutely needs a makeover.
The consequences are still unimaginable, but we know they are coming, and we know they are going to be bad.
Where was the messaging to those people?
We know he’s a lying POS but he drilled it into their brains..
every..day..for..9..yrs.
“Only I can save you”
They care about what he promised what he beat into their heads daily & his MAGA repeated for him which is goods & services that they can afford & a secure border. Not celebrity endorsement.
The hook was: He LISTENED to the complaints and he ran with what resonated with them.
because all he promised was tariffs & deporting migrants, which will their make lives & ability to afford food 1000% more difficult.
then started talking Armold palmer's dick & Hannibal lector.
That is the type of messaging Dems failed at doing and they didn’t do it daily like he did which all MSM helped him spread daily.
With your logic, we will have to start running characters from the Marvel world to compete with MAGA madness!!!
We are up against a DISINFORMATION juggernaut & we need to address that & COMPETE with that!
don’t want to see you on my feed…
You should’ve stayed at X…
With the rest of the deplorable cretins..
Elon paid millions of dollars to buy and destroy Twitter and misinform people with horrific lies and bought Trump the presidency.
We didn't lose and trump didn't win.
People who voted fot Trump & GOP pols are fuck all stupid assholes.
The end.
You're welcome.
Wouldn't refusing to defecate on stage on live TV be "virtue signaling" to those who elected them and how low exactly should have Democrats gone?
Because it didnt seem to matter what Harris or Dems said or did.
That's their guy.
I hope they live a long life.
For most people inflation (caused by Trump) throughout the Biden presidency was THE PROBLEM. Some Americans (my brother, reliable GOP) opted not to vote based on 1/6. Most though, only care about immediate needs & they believed him.
It was the economy stupid, and the messaging was horrendous. I spent most of my time explaining that we didn't have true inflation. We had greedflation. I also tried to explain Rs voting no on The Gouging Prevention Act of 2022.
Prior to the election, we were informed that a strong majority of Americans -
* Support Ukraine
* Support women's right to choose
* Support ACA, Medicare & SS
* Would NOT vote for Trump
So, what happened?
and
it's why I remain skeptical of the election.
Bumper sticker politics is easier than fighting to rebuild our public school system, but that’s what we have to do.
I looked at what determines functional illiteracy and that bar is so damn low.