Donald Trump is gaining on Kamala Harris in the polls. I have some theories why | Robert Reich

www.theguardian.com Donald Trump is gaining on Kamala Harris in the polls. I have some theories why | Robert Reich

Trump, widely regarded as the sleaziest person to ever run for president, is leading or tied with Harris in crucial swing states

politics @lemmy.world Donald Trump is gaining on Kamala Harris in the polls. I have some theories why | Robert Reich

Conservative @lemm.ee Donald Trump is gaining on Kamala Harris in the polls. I have some theories why | Robert Reich

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We’re completely fucked as a society. That’s why.

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Tldr

"The easiest explanation has to do with asymmetric information.

By now, almost everyone in America knows Trump and has made up their minds about him. Recent polls have found that nearly 90% of voters say they do not need to learn more about Trump to decide their vote.

But they don’t yet know Harris, or remain undecided about her. More on this in a moment."

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Gaza. Its Gaza.

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- It's not Gaza, most people don't give a shit about Palestinians, I'd guess 60-odd percent of Americans wouldn't give a shit it Israel went through and committed a formal genocide so long as they didn't have to see it on TV. Evangelicals would buy t-shirts, just one step closer to the rapture.
  
  To most Americans it's just more dead Muslims, which means Christianity is winning, which is depressing, but sadly American.
  
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  I think you're out of touch with the average US American. Most do care about Gaza. Maybe not enough to protest, but enough to just stay home and not vote.
  
  Most Christians in the US are secular. The Zionist Christian Evangelicals are few in number. But lots of billionaires are zionists
  
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Given the difficulties in polling, don't believe it.

Do go vote. (When you can legally do so.)

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Dems gotta get more racist if the want to defeat trump!

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- You're joking, but that's how they used to win elections.
  
  Then the dixiecrat filth switched parties and they started losing all the elections.
  
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Imagine having several political parties competing to defeat the republicans. With Ranked choice voting, people could be free to vote for anyone they wish, and if their preference didnt win, they could still have their vote count against the Republicans. No chance for a spoiler effect.

Since how we vote is controlled at the state level, we dont need to wait for federal reform. Some states already have passed electoral reform.

Who would say no to more then one chance to win the country away from the republican party? The democratic party, that's who. Every state they control, they could do away with First Past The Post voting.

And democrats very publicly announce they understand the flaws with FPTP voting all the time. Longer then ive been alive. Just talk about voting 3rd party to nearly any blue conservative, IRL or otherwise, and they will gladly show you they understand the faults of the voting system most states use. Any news article about the green party would more then demonstrate their knowledge on this particular issue.

The democrats would prefer the country to teeter on this edge over having to actually have to compete for your vote.

Party over country... The democratic party.

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