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[-] silverdraco@lemmy.world 79 points 6 hours ago
[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago

No, he just made even more headlines. The more headlines he makes, the more votes he gets.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 4 hours ago

That's not how anything works.

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

You remember 2016? This is exactly how that year went. All these headlines while Trump’s polling numbers are completely unaffected. It’s 2016 all over again.

[-] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 hours ago

I wish you were right. Unfortunately, there are a bunch of idiot voters out there who just fill in the box next to the name they hear more.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I would like some evidence to support this please. Especially this close to an election.

I can tell you from personal experience that it sure as fuck didn't work for Meg Whitman.

[-] qqq@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Related and interesting podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/search-engine/id1614253637.

According to what he found that is somewhat the way it works: two fake candidates and the one with more yard signs got way more votes. Doubt that generalizes to the US presidency though; especially with this election.

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Is that the thinking? Like a child in the back of class, desperate for attention and confused about why other people don't want to just be obnoxiously loud.

No, folks don't see any headline and think "that's how I will vote." This is the mental ability of an infant who just got object permanence.

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Oh sweet summer child. Let me tell you about the fall of 2016…….

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