Trump allies launch secretive scheme to divide Biden support: report - eviltoast

Saw this today, and … well, I’m not going to be so forgiving to people suggesting to vote Third Party rather than vote for Biden. If Trump wants me to do something, and you want me to do that same something, that tells me you’re aligned with Trump.

  • stanleytweedle@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    looking to try to find ways to divide voters they fear will back President Joe Biden, by boosting other candidates and wedge issues in the Democratic Party.

    That’s been the Republican platform for several decades.

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      7 months ago

      Its basic strategy in any campaign. Also, I’m not super convinced that RFK jr is really taking any votes from the left. The campaign seems to think they are, but isn’t releasing any data on this.

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        7 months ago

        The polls I’ve seen with/without RFK seem to be pretty back and forth. I wouldn’t be surprised for them to be aware of how he impacts votes in very specific counties they feel they need to win.

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          7 months ago

          doesn’t help that polls have been basically broken since 2019. that happens when a million people die with a bias for older people and they were the last to have landlines and answer unknown numbers.

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          7 months ago

          Yeah, the campaign was talking about snatching New York from Dem’s and I was like ok yeah sure.

          But honestly, RFK is polling around 10%. He could snatch a state. If that happens, Democrats lose, certainly.