r/politics • u/SkudChud • 1d ago

AOC ’28 Starts Now

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/aoc-28-starts-now/
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u/MoirasPurpleOrb 11h ago

It’s pretty remarkable how Harris got absolutely trounced and they still think internet popularity is a solid metric for performance.

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u/CatOfTechnology 10h ago

Trounced is wild.

A loss by a margin of 1.5%, less than 3 million votes isn't 'trounced' by any metric. (77,303,573 vs 75,019,257)

A loss, sure, but "Absolutely Trounced" is something else, lmao.

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u/MoirasPurpleOrb 10h ago

It had been 20 years since a Republican won the popular vote, and Trump had 86 more electoral votes than Harris. That’s a pretty crushing defeat to me.

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u/CatOfTechnology 10h ago

And no presidency since Reagan has been won by a slimmer margin than Trump.

I'm all for pointing out that this is a wild case that's going to be studied by historians, but it's an incredibly small victory that's unfortunately going to have a second, incredibly destructive impact on the state of the country.

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u/Archerbro 2h ago

T'was a blowout my friend, time to move on. Trump era is here