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0 pointswyldfire2mo ago0 comments

Would that it were so easy to blame the flyover states. Almost half the people who cast votes voted for this - and at the same time voted for the status quo legislators who opt not to keep him in check.

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selectodude2mo ago

The blame extends equally to everybody who supported this but due to the way American elections are set up, those people on the margins are “how” this happened.

binary1322mo ago

It’s easier to blame the heartland than it is to think about why it happened that way, isn’t it?

selectodude2mo ago

I’ve long since stopped giving a fuck about why these people are the way they are.

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Geonode2mo ago

He won the popular vote.

leviathant2mo ago

...among the people who voted. There are a lot of folks who opted out that bear responsibility for the way this country and its power is being dismantled.

He wouldn't win the popular vote today! Why is it that when you call yourself a Republican, you take a very narrow margin of victory and consider it a mandate to only listen to your fanbase? I bet it feels fun at first, and there are a few people who get very wealthy and powerful as a result, but reality always comes crashing back down.

I suppose that if the talk of suspending mid-term elections bears fruit, that changes the equation.

Geonode2mo ago

The people who opted out do bear responsibility.

Would he win the popular vote today? Hard to know. Only the kind of people who are willing to talk to pollsters end up in polls.

Both parties tend to claim a high moral position and definitive mandate from a narrow margin of victory.

Talk of suspending mandates, third terms, and invading Greenland are exactly how he keeps winning- talk past your goal, and retreat to victory.

tzs2mo ago

...with a plurality, not a majority.

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selectodude2mo ago

The blame extends equally to everybody who supported this but due to the way American elections are set up, those people on the margins are “how” this happened.

binary1322mo ago

It’s easier to blame the heartland than it is to think about why it happened that way, isn’t it?

selectodude2mo ago

I’ve long since stopped giving a fuck about why these people are the way they are.

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Geonode2mo ago

He won the popular vote.

leviathant2mo ago

...among the people who voted. There are a lot of folks who opted out that bear responsibility for the way this country and its power is being dismantled.

I suppose that if the talk of suspending mid-term elections bears fruit, that changes the equation.

Geonode2mo ago

The people who opted out do bear responsibility.

Would he win the popular vote today? Hard to know. Only the kind of people who are willing to talk to pollsters end up in polls.

Both parties tend to claim a high moral position and definitive mandate from a narrow margin of victory.

Talk of suspending mandates, third terms, and invading Greenland are exactly how he keeps winning- talk past your goal, and retreat to victory.

tzs2mo ago

...with a plurality, not a majority.

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