None of the news you read on this app matters. This is at least an interesting tidbit.

It’s a plurality and not a majority, pretty far from a mandate. It’s a legal win.

They did have a primary.

And Hillary won her primary popular vote against Bernie and you’re still pissed about it so seems like the method isn’t the problem for you, it’s that they (“they” being Democrats according to the party rules) don’t pick whoever you like.

1.7% in 2024.
1.9% in 2020.
5.7% in 2016.
1.7% in 2012.
1.4% in 2008.

2024 is not the outlier. It’s mostly about how well the other major party candidate does.

Everything’s a goddamn coup with these people.

Scheduling legislative leadership elections at an allowed time is a coup against a guy who is currently not in office?

K.

Sorry who is saying this? The judge making the ruling?

“Voters who voted for the winner got what they wanted” uh-huh…

Weird you didn’t post this before the election results came in, since it was so obvious.

I have deep sources telling me he got more votes.

Literally every former president says “promises made, promises kept.”

This is one of the more normal things he has said recently. Several quotes talking about literal demons coming after him. He might need whatever therapy program Glenn Beck joined.

Not another one knight stand!

Got more toots than Mastodon.

If AOC’s too Capitalist for ya I got bad news about 95% of America.

AOC had a similar response on Pod Save America.

You win political influence by being a crucial part of a win. You lose political influence if your political opponents are in office. The best chance to have your voice heard on Israel is being a crucial part of a Harris win.

That is the calculation.

I mean I’ll do you one better, Moodys did inflation research in 2022 and found that laws signed by Biden contributed 0.1% of the then 8.5% inflation. Basically nothing, it was all Covid supply chains and a Russian oil shock.

But, that’s still the explanation for why incumbents around the world are unpopular right now.

CPI year-over-year, the common meaning of “inflation,” was 9.1% in June of 2022.

https://www.bls.gov/charts/consumer-price-index/consumer-price-index-by-category-line-chart.htm

I assume you’re using some other metric but what a bad look jumping to misinformation.

It’s close because Trump is not a disciplined candidate and he keeps doubling down on young men instead of trying to build his appeal to new areas.

Most of the time if inflation hits 9% and wages lag behind inflation (as they always do) the incumbent party loses. Nikki Haley would be winning 60/40 right now.

There’s a middle ground. The near future of the party is Ron DeSantis and JD Vance, the smoothed down versions of Trump. I don’t think that works and someone new will come out fully populist with authoritarian edges, maybe a Hispanic man to help attract the working class beyond just white people, that seems to be the growth opportunity Republicans need and maybe that solidifies Arizona/Nevada/Texas for them while they put all the effort into the Blue Wall and North Carolina.

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