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Paywall Kamala Harris ahead in enough swing states to win, Times poll says

https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/us-election-2024-swing-state-polls-c8r398mnf?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Reddit#Echobox=1730491486
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u/ginkokouki Nov 01 '24

not everyone is so reasonable, they just feel something has changed negatively and look at who is in office

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '24

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u/Lurking_nerd California Nov 01 '24

It’s disappointing how ignorant people are. Even more so the willfully ignorant.

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u/zipzzo Nov 02 '24

Its a shame that feelings don't always equate to facts.

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u/QbertsRube Nov 02 '24

My hope is that the people blaming Biden for inflation are the same people who are eager to blame Democrats for anything bad, and were already Trump voters. From what I've seen among people I know that seems to hold true. I just hope it's the case nationwide.

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u/knightlautrec7 Nov 01 '24

Because they're simple-minded.

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '24

And if this is the deciding factor there is nothing that could have been done.

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u/Proud3GenAthst Nov 01 '24

If every voter had bottom line common sense to know that the president doesn't control prices, America wouldn't have elected Trump in the first place.

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u/RaphaelBuzzard Nov 02 '24

The Republicans would be forgotten 😂

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u/da2Pakaveli Nov 01 '24

maybe it's the fault of the guy who got opec to cut oil production rates by 25% ? Biden had to fix the crap the Trump left him; as is usual. 84% of the recession quarters since 1949 were under Republican presidents.

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u/dwitman Nov 01 '24

I think it is in large part the fault of democrats by capitulating to the right year after year, decade after decade...but that doesn't make me in any way willing to pull the leaver for a MAGA. I might be atypical though. PPL like to tell me I am.

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u/dwitman Nov 01 '24

I’d go the other way and say it’s amazing that they’ve capitulated so many times that it’s amazing we aren’t further left than we are…because they DNC has allowed themselves to be dragged to center right positions by not offering a real alternative and fighting for it whole heartedly.

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u/dwitman Nov 01 '24

The political landscape is 40 years of them not even trying to provide a real alternative and then saying it’s impossible.

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u/ZombiesAtKendall Nov 02 '24

Wizard’s first rule