• Flying Squid
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    1629 days ago

    Election news is especially dismal this year considering who the candidates are, so I think a lot of Americans are tuning out until the last minute.

    • @rayyy
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      1129 days ago

      Election news is especially dismal this year

      This is a very effective psyops tactic to disengage voters.

      • Flying Squid
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        429 days ago

        Is it? Or is it the fact that we have two terrible options?

        • @WildPalmTree
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          1229 days ago

          Well, one of them has managed quite well for the past few years. Sure he is old. Sure he might die. Is he a bad option because of this? No. He dies, you get Harris. Maybe not exciting but not Republican crazy bad.

          • Flying Squid
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            029 days ago

            And he might not die, he might just keep getting less able to do the job. Either way, that’s really not someone people want to hear all that much about unless they’re already invested in the horse race.

            Most people don’t want to hear about crazy grandpa or boring grandpa unless they’re at grandpa’s house.

            • @WildPalmTree
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              229 days ago

              If might was money, we’d all be rich. He might not. Missunderstand me correctly, I know it’s not optimal and I would have preferred something else. All I’m saying is, there are not two bad choices. Only one bad. The other is eeeeh.

              • Flying Squid
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                129 days ago

                I understand what you’re saying, and if the populace was rational, I’d agree. But they’re not. They see two bad choices and I really don’t think that can solely be blamed on the media. Part of it is just that they’re both really old.

    • @thesohoriots
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      529 days ago

      I tried putting off state and local election stuff until a canvasser came to the door last week and asked about public education funding, because the republican chain all the way up in this state wants nothing but charter schools (along with turning this place into even more of a cesspit). I would’ve found out closer to November, but now it’s going to haunt me for months instead of weeks.