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Prevention is the best cure (feddit.online)
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A political lawn sign with 3 identical baby Trumps in diapers with the words, "NOT VOTING IS THE #1 CAUSE OF UNWANTED PRESIDENCIES"
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[–] 61 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Generally, the more people vote, the more republicans lose. "Get out the vote" is an anti-republican message in effect, which republicans know and it's why they try to stop people from voting.

Instead of, you know, being electable.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    The Dems have a similar thing going on. It's not "vote for me because I'm a great option", it is "vote for me or democracy dies!". If I only ever had one choice, then democracy is already dead.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Right now, it's more like:

    "Here are my qualities, what I believe in (with a whole website page dedicated to my policies), my experience as a prosecutor, and why the other side is just plain not fit for office."

    Here is the website mentioned above.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Which, again, in a sane world, is really just one choice. This, quite frankly, is the only real bullet in the "both sides are the same" argument.

    I'm not saying Harris isn't qualified; she clearly is.

    What I'm saying is that the Republicans have had years of making their base into good little soldiers that will vote R simply because they aren't D.

    These mouth breathers only see the letter after the name. I can't tell you the number of times that voters came up to me when I was a poll worker and ask me who the "Republicans" were in a local election where the candidates can't have party affiliations.

    Why yes, these were often elderly voters. What made you guess that?

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