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Sharty's avatar

I think the core problem here is fairly simple: while most of the elected officials are smart enough to know this is not true, from top to bottom the entire campaign staffs continue, hope against hope, to earnestly believe the Great Turnout Myth. The only reason Joe Manchin wins by such narrow margins in WV is because he doesn't propose the Green New Deal, Medicare for All, UBI, etc.

Mandela Barnes is getting hammered by the execrable Ron Johnson in Wisconsin for being "not just another Democrat, but a radical, dangerous Democrat", and what does his campaign do? Fly in fucking Liz Warren.

What can you say?

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Jack Motto's avatar

I’ve never understood the argument that our democracy is under threat. Yes what Trump in late 2020 was very wrong. He absolutely shouldn’t have done it and should be condemned for his actions.

But… it didn’t work. He wasn’t even close to succeeding in overturning the 2020 election results. It’s not a sign of democracy failing that Trump attempted this. It’s a sign of democracy WORKING that Trump was blocked at every turn.

That’s the whole point. We always expect bad actors. The test of a system is your ability to repel the bad actors. And in that arena democracy in America is just as amazing and robust as it always has been.

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