Thought experiment: Imagine a swing voter weighing whether to vote D or R. They're given this chart of about ~50 issues. They're asked to pick the top 5 issues for why they'd choose D over R. Then pick another top 5 for why they'd choose R over D. Which issues would they choose?
@Weasel9100 There’s little benefit to doing so. At the end of the day people still have to live and worry about tomorrow. This is often how it is with targeted minorities.
@CDuds2024@Careerflex Tell you what. You get to make these “you have no idea what’s coming” speeches every month and in return we win all the elections. That seems like a fair trade.
@Cindela_Oculary@USA_Polling No.
-South Dakota outright
-Nebraska rejected one narrowly but approved a 12 week ban
-Florida because it has a 60% threshold
@Fullcourtpass@BrettSiegelNBA I think that’s fair. That’s about the range I was suggesting (4 year/$220-$240). Both parties should be able to get a compromise.
@smith_cade9 No incumbent + NC is an R+2 state + blue wave + popular former governor. The writing was on the wall several months ago. You could plug this into an equation and come out with a doomed race.
@bdquinn Logically it makes sense though. Swing voters are crosspressured voters. Crosspressured voters are less ideological and more incoherent in their beliefs and they're usually like that because they're less engaged, less knowledgeable, and take fewer cues from political parties.
@NapervillePol If this is what it takes to win the senate, so be it. If Trump and Netanyahu are going to strike Iran after the election anyway you might as well make the political consequences as painful as possible before they strike.
@GlobalLensHQ_ To be honest, I think it's too late for Trump to save himself. Gas prices are going to spike days before the election. The very last thing you want for undecided GOP voters to experience.
@cwhitehead04@BrentInQueens@HenryDarrell317@ImNotOwned Like China can’t actually just do whatever unpopular thing they want and if people complain just roll tanks. If that was true they would have avoided a ton of the policy mistakes they’ve already made.
@cwhitehead04@BrentInQueens@HenryDarrell317@ImNotOwned Ok it’s true that authoritarian societies give you more wiggle room to ignore public opinion than democratic ones but it’s not a blank check. Even authoritarian societies have to appeal to public opinion a lot.