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[–] 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Trump only got 49.9% of the vote. He has never been popular, even by capitalizing on disgust with liberals. It really wasn't his election to lose, he's not actually a strong candidate. He won by playing against an opponent that doesn't want to win.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    Trump only got 49.9% of the vote. He has never been popular,

    Idk about you, but 49.9% of the vote sounds very popular to me.

    Hell 10% sounds popular.

    I don't think the issue is his popularity. He's definitely popular

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    Far be it from me to argue against the US being a backwards shithole racist country, because it obviously is and death to Amerikkka, but I don't like the narrative that he had some kind of mandate to govern because he is so popular. He really doesn't. He's started without a majority and it's been down hill ever since.

    By the by, that's just of the people who bothered to vote. If we counted non-voters, he got 32%

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