lenin-dont-laugh

    • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netOP
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      4 days ago

      In 2016, every celebrity in America begged the population to vote for Hillary. It didn’t make a lick of difference.

      i-think-that Killary was so fucking unlikeable that she may have had a significantly worse showing and lost by even more votes without those endorsements.

    • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      Yeah that’s my point. A lot of the die hard fans of said celebs are voting Democrat anyways. So these endorsements don’t get them any more votes, they just serve to try energise the Democratic base. In fact, I’d even argue that such endorsements (by celebrities of Democrats or Republicans) can easily backfire by energising the opposition or putting off those on the fence.