it's good to look in the mirror and understand the material outcomes of voter behavior - eviltoast

I have problems with people who abstained. The hard thing is, how do you change voter behavior?

  • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I think they focused too much on emotions and cowboys in their advertisements as well, but it’s not like they never stated their intentions. People just don’t talk about this stuff in social media, these days, and thats sadly exactly where most people hear about politics in general.

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      The reason I’m asking is that the Harris campaign progressively dropped or watered down its promises throughout the campaign. For example the wealth tax promise started out good (I don’t remember how much) and ended up as an unfulfilled Biden-era promise. Statements or promises from the early part of the campaign, let alone from before the campaign, don’t reflect the choice voters had at the ballot box. One example would be the DNC going from rejecting the border wall to promising to build it.

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        4 days ago

        The US Tax Laws dont expire until 2026.

        Trump and the GOP wrote the last round in his previous term and we gave him the power to write this next round as well.

        The fact is despite all of the great bills passed under Biden and all the great things the regulatory bodies did by going after big businesses, we gave them a neutered congress that couldnt even pick a senate majority without VP Tiebreaker, much less clear the 60 votes needed to bypass filibuster.