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DNC night one ratings beat RNC by 21 percent despite late Biden speech
(www.independent.co.uk)
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better article would have discussed why both parties are not seeing voter enthusiasm at high percentages and do not think being in bed is the end all reason for the disengagement
I'm voting for Harris. I don't need to watch a pep rally to convince me.
Yeah, all she has to do is be a functional human being, and she's already demonstrated that.
Still needs to campaign hard in battleground states for down ballots.
But this isn't useless, the people tuning in to conventions are already voting for that party. But they're the ones knocking on doors, phone banking, and other important volunteer work.
Their engagement is very important, and that's who conventions cater too.
egads!!!
So am I. But what are we doing to convince others, especially others in battlefront states? Michelle reminded me about that. And honestly it was just refreshing to hear political speech that wasn't making me cringe or retch.
I work 10 hour days, 5 days a week to make enough to barely save a small retirement, that maybe some day I'll use before dying. I don't care to see any of these people on TV congratulating themselves on a Tuesday. I will vote Democrat for the forseeable future because of sanity, but my disengagement is hardly measureable.
That's not how relative percentages work lmao
Mate I woulnd't tune in if Jesus was giving a speech. Both of these conferences are just hot-air extravaganzas -- absolutely worthless.
Who fucking watches live TV? Go home boomer and answer the pollster calling your landline to complain more about how much you hate the dems.
It's largely boring and goes for like 15 hours a day for several days in a row. Much of it occurs while people are working, and the big names often go on after half the country is asleep.
What are you even talking about? Do you think people staring at their TV for 45 hours would somehow translate to voter enthusiasm? No one watches live TV. People watch clips or recordings after the fact, just like with literally everything else.
What could I possibly gain by watching political party propaganda on TV, especially if I already agree with the message?
I have plenty of voter enthusiasm, I just have better shit to do with my life than watch the DNC or the RNC. I already know what they're gonna blabber about for literal hours in a row and I frankly don't care to listen again.