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Comrade Citizen

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59. Heard it all before

Reply to stopdiggin (Reply #55)

Fri Jan 17, 2025, 12:52 AM

7 hrs ago

Blame Women of Color. Blame People of Color. There is no disenfranchisement, no gerrymandering.

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POLL: HUGE REASON WHY DEMS LOST The Kyle Kulinski Show [View all] Quixote1818 15 hrs ago OP

Just in a state or two JustAnotherGen 15 hrs ago #1

Memories of the Bernie debacle in 2016 - we never seem to learn from out mistakes. walkingman 15 hrs ago #2

St. Bern fucked himself in 2016 Blue_Tires 14 hrs ago #9

My point was that many people got their feelings hurt and didn't vote in the election. walkingman 11 hrs ago #31

Amen! JustAnotherGen 12 hrs ago #20

Retaining white, anglo Christian male power was the issue GoreWon2000 15 hrs ago #3

As a White Anglo woman it sure as hell Disturbs, and Disgusts me! electric_blue68 1 hr ago #74

Screw this. Come back in four years kacekwl 15 hrs ago #4

The # 1, 2 and 3 reason was stupid voters. ny yaesu 15 hrs ago #5

Correct Cosmocat 1 hr ago #77

Whatever Biden was going to do about the Israel-Gaza war, he was going to lose votes. Intractable 14 hrs ago #6

He wouldn't have lost Jewish votes unless he was anti semitic JI7 14 hrs ago #12

I don't agree with your statements. Intractable 13 hrs ago #15

I said most Jewish voters. Not all. JI7 13 hrs ago #16

You are not a good source of information for me. Intractable 13 hrs ago #17

It's not about losing Jewish votes...it's about losing enough Jewish votes. Self Esteem 13 hrs ago #18

Doubtful that is enough there are only about 6 million Jewish adults in the US and obviously not all of them voted. EdmondDantes_ 11 hrs ago #40

Doubtful enough what? Self Esteem 9 hrs ago #44

I suspect the Democrats lost more "Jewish" votes on economic issues, Jack Valentino 9 hrs ago #47

Israel has always been our worst enemy because we refuse to believe that from a foreign policy perspective. Jit423 7 hrs ago #61

There are also a lot of people who support Israel because they see it as our main ally in the ME. LeftInTX 12 hrs ago #28

Yes, indeed. And also many, who support Israel for non-Jewish religious, eschatological, evangelical, end-times reasons. Intractable 11 hrs ago #33

Yeah, but they aren't independent voters that we're trying to court. However, there are plenty of moderates LeftInTX 11 hrs ago #34

And probably MORE "moderates" who voted the cost of eggs and a bag of Doritos. Jack Valentino 9 hrs ago #49

Thank-you. JohnSJ 7 hrs ago #64

there was one card he could have played that you hint at cadoman 9 hrs ago #45

The poll was conducted by The Institute for Middle East Understanding, a pro-Palestinian foreign-policy advocacy Galraedia 14 hrs ago #7

The poll was conducted by YouGov. Ms. Toad 7 hrs ago #62

Harris got 6 million fewer votes than Biden in 2020: 75 million to 81 million. maxsolomon 14 hrs ago #8

Cutting off their nose to spite their face Blue_Tires 14 hrs ago #11

The Muslim vote was lost before the current conflict JI7 13 hrs ago #14

The young voters. They have been out in the streets every weekend womanofthehills 12 hrs ago #24

Why did they stop after the election? LeftInTX 12 hrs ago #26

social media are informed on Gaza at a level that TV viewers don't understand cadoman 9 hrs ago #52

Pro Palestine protesters outside state dept today womanofthehills 8 hrs ago #57

Don't hold me to these statistics... Marigold 11 hrs ago #32

Useful idiots, all of them... Blue_Tires 14 hrs ago #10

what EVER the fucking reason means now we have to live YoshidaYui 14 hrs ago #13

More denialism Comrade Citizen 12 hrs ago #19

they have the right to vote stopdiggin 12 hrs ago #22

Nope Comrade Citizen 12 hrs ago #23

Yep. stopdiggin 12 hrs ago #25

Typical Comrade Citizen 12 hrs ago #27

your the one that framed the arguement around Women of Color stopdiggin 8 hrs ago #55

Heard it all before Comrade Citizen 7 hrs ago #59

well, you didn't here it here stopdiggin 6 hrs ago #66

de rec, especially for the blatantly false claim: Celerity 12 hrs ago #29

correction Comrade Citizen 11 hrs ago #30

that was not the only error, there is no American State that has this: Celerity 11 hrs ago #38

umm... Comrade Citizen 11 hrs ago #39

I am not being hostile, I am just calling out falsehoods in your initial claim (that you are now trying to revise, btw) Celerity 11 hrs ago #41

Here is a truth that can't be denied Comrade Citizen 10 hrs ago #42

Sadly,she got less of the POC vote then Biden did in 2020 Kaleva 9 hrs ago #46

VP Harris was just too good for the US Comrade Citizen 9 hrs ago #48

+1 Kaleva 9 hrs ago #50

which has nothing to do with your original statement. ZonkerHarris 9 hrs ago #51

for every vote that shifted in response to Gaza stopdiggin 12 hrs ago #21

I disagreed with this at first... cadoman 8 hrs ago #54

My Gen Z kids reluctantly voted for Biden. Sky Jewels 11 hrs ago #35

I can't even count people I personally know who refused to vote based on Gaza vanessa_ca 7 hrs ago #63

I blame the spewing of false genocide ZRB 3 hrs ago #72

Americans are idiots, that was the number one reason. dem4decades 11 hrs ago #36

GOP Contributions from Conservative Billionaires was just as huge. Rhiagel 11 hrs ago #37

That makes no sense at all. The felon is going to give Gaza to Jared Scrivener7 10 hrs ago #43

October 7 is Putin's birthday YorkRd 8 hrs ago #53

No. Not enough people bothered to vote. Gaza didn't mean squat in this election. valleyrogue 8 hrs ago #56

Yeah, I don't think it made much of a difference. LeftInTX 8 hrs ago #58

Ah the traditional six month period qazplm135 7 hrs ago #60

The Democratic Party should heed the call of the antiwar elements in the US. C0RI0LANUS 7 hrs ago #65

In 1972, we did. It did not turn out well..... LeftInTX 5 hrs ago #67

Hi LeftinTX. How have you been? C0RI0LANUS 5 hrs ago #68

McGovern really supported the Vietnam protesters and ending the war. It did not go well: 1972 LeftInTX 5 hrs ago #69

But you are not pro-war yourself, right? C0RI0LANUS 5 hrs ago #70

I don't believe running against the war would have helped. We would have been seen as pro-terrorist. LeftInTX 5 hrs ago #71

The Democratic Party needs to run away from... ZRB 3 hrs ago #73

I was Anti-War in '68... electric_blue68 1 hr ago #75

Hi electric_blue68. You were antiwar but supported HHH. I am antiwar and voted for Kamala. Democracy at work. C0RI0LANUS 1 hr ago #76