• axont [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    Trump’s base has been notoriously underperforming since the very beginning, even when he won. The 2022 midterms usually give an advantage to the opposition party, and that didn’t quite happen.

    It’s turning out people are voting closer to more cogent political demands, mostly regarding taxes, abortion access, property, etc. Candidates who focus on more abstract, cultural grievances tend to perform poorly. Culture war stuff that gets put on a referendum tends to give a victory to the progressive side. I can’t imagine the average chuds will want to vote even harder if Trump’s off the ballot in some states. They’re fickle and will vote for whoever else Republicans run, if they run someone else.

    At best maybe they’ll organize another stupid riot at the capital, achieve nothing, then go home. Maybe we’ll see more mass shooters. Who knows. But in terms of voting, I just can’t see the motivation coming from legal disputes or stuff disconnected from average people

    • RonPaulyShore [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      Rs have been taking loss after loss for the last six years, the abortion and trans kulture kamf and the rigged election conspiracies are proven loser shit, and yet the online “left” is still flinching over 2016 and mueller. it’s wild, total lib-derangement-syndrome.