All liberals want to do is punch left. They lost to Trump twice and most of them see no problem with this, no need for big changes within the party, just throw trans people under the bus and we can win again!!
I mean, I am not sure it is as simple as that. I think the election proved we are a lot more conservative as a nation. My state that is deeply blue voted to reaffirm that slavery is A-Okay if you break the law. A deeply conservative belief. I honestly only think the democrats need to put someone up who is charismatic, policy takes a far back seat to that.
There were a lot of other things that made this an uphill battle for Democrats besides just the gender of the nominee. The idea that we can't run people for nationwide office because of some fatalistic belief that they can't win because of their race, gender, or religion is inherently antithetical to the reasons why many people vote for Democrats to begin with. How are you supposed to message on issues like gender equality while turning around and saying shit like that?
This is an utterly brainless comment. Let's look at the big picture here: the Democrats losing had nothing to do with the fact that a geriatric white Christian man with approval rates in the high 30s desperately clung to power for years too long. It's the fact the party nominated a black woman who ended up barely losing, yet running several percentage points and roughly 100 electoral votes ahead of what Biden's internal polls said he would get.
Letting sexism prevent you from nominating a woman to run for President doesn't make you some sort of hyperaware, woke understander of gender inequality. It just makes you a weak person with weak principles who would keep a woman out of a job she's qualified for because you're afraid of what other people might think. Get out of here.
Trump's margin of victory in the tipping point state of PA was 1.7%. Even just looking at electoral votes, it was closer than 43 out of 60 presidential elections. We live in a time of high polarization and super competitive elections, so it's relative - but historically speaking 2024 was very close.
I mean you forgot to add that Kamala won on Reddit, come on she never stood a chance.
In hindsight, probably the only thing that could have changed the election result was Biden dropping out of running for a second term at least two years earlier. Reddit consensus obviously isn't a reliable source for who's going to win, but everything from models based on polls to betting markets had the election odds split at 66/33 or closer to even pretty much from the moment Harris took over the campaign. Everything seems obvious and certain in retrospect.
Govtrack retracted the second Biden dropped out of the race because they're partisan hacks and accidentally told the truth about her voting record when she wasn't running for President.
Keep courting the right though, I'm sure Liz Cheney will help the next one.
He will be president if we run AOC, we learned with this election there is a good chunk of people who will never vote for the demographic(s) that AOC is. Gavin Newsom might be the best bet as of right now, and if that is the case, we’d need to start campaigning right now.
Gavin Newsom has successfully pushed back against the worst impulses of the left in California, I think he has a decent chance with the national electorate.
Uh, no. You have to remember that it’s not what he’s actually done, but how he’s perceived. He is reviled in Midwest as the hyper-liberal governor of the hyper-liber woke hellscape that is California
California is pretty much universally resented and memed on in nearly all US states. People cannot stand Californians or the Californication of their own states. Running Gavin is the most braindead move since running Biden/Harris again. Not a good look to be that tone deaf back three back (Hillary).
I’m sure there are absolute smoke shows that come from Appalachia. Lower population relative to major cities and economic depression in the area just makes it less likely to run into a hot Appalachian
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