• TommySoda@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    Best case scenario it splits the republican voter base up a little bit. They have enough clout in their own circles to actually make a dent. I think one of the biggest reasons republicans won is because they are so unified in their hatred at the moment. Meanwhile, democrats are constantly divided on everything and can’t even agree with most of their voter base on a single topic. They’re all still garbage people, but I’d like to see them punch each other for once instead of always punching down.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      Yeah. I hope they peel something like 5-10% or more of the cons away to whatever they do, diminish those voting Republican, and ensure Democratic victories.

    • QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works
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      11 hours ago

      The problem is the Left can’t seem to agree on anything, can’t seem to pass each other’s purity tests, can’t stomach voting for a candidate who isn’t “Left enough”

      Meanwhile the Right universally wants to own the libs, and they don’t give a fucking fuck what happens, so long as it makes the libruls angry.

      • n1ckn4m3@lemmy.world
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        5 hours ago

        What’s the old saying? Democrats fall in love, Republicans fall in line? It’s too fucking true.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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      17 hours ago

      I wish I could favorite one of my own comments, and instantly link to it.

      I have had an analogy that I’m sick of typing, over and over and over. I came up with it in 2020 to teach people why the democrats don’t make actual progress.

      And now, here, you’ve essentially summerized my analogy without even having read it. I wish I could just press 2 buttons and show you. But it’s like 5 paragraphs long. And I just typed it up again about a week ago when that algae thing went down.

      I don’t know if it’s possible to search a users comment history by keyword, but I’d search mine for “paint, republicans, democrats, home depot” that should do it.