Biden won the 2020 popular vote by 4.5 points.
Trump has likely won the 2024 popular vote by <1 point.
If Trump is "who we are now," then Biden is who we were a short time ago, and I don't think either claim is particularly useful.
Trump has likely won the 2024 popular vote by <1 point.
If Trump is "who we are now," then Biden is who we were a short time ago, and I don't think either claim is particularly useful.
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Turns out urban, rural, Latino, Asian, men, women, young, old, etc., all hate it when the cost-of-living goes way up. Hate it more than racism. Hate it more than insurrections.
That’s saying something.
Trudeau is probably the next victim.
We've seen way too many too early takes based on the incomplete count. Not accusing you of that, but sourcing is maybe important here.
Many of us refuse to just lie back and take it.
It's called "cherry-picking."
They may not be racist but they sure as hell have no moral qualms about it which is what I told former friends in 2016 when they tried so hard to justify their votes
It wouldn't surprise me at all if he lost the popular vote again.
Trump only surpassed his vote count by 0.8%. He is no more popular today than in 2020.
Reject this.
Don't give up reality.
But....
Call Your US Senators and urge them to fill ALL open judgeships
honestly, what with GOP HOuse, this is our most important job
"the other guy is bad" wasn't gonna cut it, and morally blackmailing people to vote for you is a losing strategy.
The Democrats only campaigning point was "he's a racist" - the rest of their campaign promises were sidelined.
The question is why didn't moderate Repubicans vote Democrat, when they focused their entire campaign on meeting their needs?
I _want_ to argue that, but I can't. Because even my universal vote-by-mail state saw a decline in ballots cast. 😞
It is human to want to ascribe cause to things, but elections are chaos. It's as simple as your coworkers really vibed with some posts they saw on FB.
Recency bias, perhaps?
We elected Nixon twice, Reagan twice, Bush twice.
It's not hard to say this is who we are, when we can stare fascism in the face and say, "gimme more of that!"
This is exactly who you are.
Voting for Biden 4 years ago does not even out the scores.
Good luck, America.
Also how did VEP only go up 4M since 2020, when it's usually. 8-10M.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_United_States_presidential_elections#Measuring_turnout
Next two years are going to suck with a fully unrestrained executive. I hope America learns from the burned hand and flips the House back in 2026.
Then what’s the narrative?
At least we’ve had this underrated administration for 4 years shoring things up for the coming catastrophe…
But yeah, those are numbers I’d like to compare. No question exploiting the pandemic polarized people even more.
Just another point that "both sides are the same" is 2010's era thinking and must be destroyed.
Dude literally did fuck all as President was lazy as shit, squandered a super majority and tried to Coast until he was forced to be President and failed
I fucking hate these people
Check out the total amount of voters for the 2024 election compared to the 2020 election. Looks like people still feel the same but can't be bothered to vote. No pandemic pushing you out the door to vote.
What we’re saying here is that how much Biden/Harris sucked?
I’m really hoping he falls under 50%
There is a non-zero chance that that guy slips below the 50% mark by the time all of Cali's numbers are counted.
Half the country is OK with an autocrat as "president," so whether we like it or not, it very much is who we are for the forseeable future.