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[-] prole 5 points 2 weeks ago

And every other leftist on this site seems to believe that she would have won, had she just pandered to them more. Completely ignoring the fact that leftism essentially doesn't exist in this country, and Lemmy isn't an accurate representation of American voters.

[-] mattyroses@lemmy.today 13 points 2 weeks ago

Well, it's pretty obvious that running for the Liz Cheney voter did not work.

[-] starik@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

It’s hard to tell if allowing Cheney to campaign for her helped, hurt, or had very little impact at all. I suspect the latter, but we’ll never know because we can’t rerun the race.

[-] mattyroses@lemmy.today 6 points 2 weeks ago

Again, looking at the 2024 race, it is obvious it did not work. Because she lost. And badly.

[-] starik@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

In that sense, everything she did “didn’t work.” Centrists will site her progressive policies as the culprit and say those didn’t work, because she didn’t win. The fact is, neither of you know what the but-for cause of her loss was, but you want to believe it was the one that serves your position.

[-] mattyroses@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

You did fall out of the coconut tree

[-] starik@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

lol good point

[-] prole 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, major miscalculation for sure

[-] mattyroses@lemmy.today 5 points 2 weeks ago

Having seen it with Gore, Kerry, Obama (post win), Clinton, and now Harris, it's not a single mistake. The Dems would always prefer to lose to the right than win to the left.

Biden had COVID, so it's just outside the norm.

[-] prole 4 points 2 weeks ago

Right, because there is no proper left in this country, and Democrats are centrists who want to continue the status quo

[-] mattyroses@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yup, and so they ratchet in what the right has done. As the status quo is not a static thing.

[-] dreamkeeper@literature.cafe 3 points 2 weeks ago

Meanwhile 5 minutes later you'll be blaming the Gaza non-voters for her losing without a hint of self-awareness.

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