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Key Takeaways:
- Kamala Harris’s underdog narrative: Harris frames her campaign as an underdog, despite polling better than Biden did before dropping out.
- Close race dynamics: The election is tight, especially in swing states, with Harris underperforming in key demographics compared to Biden’s 2020 performance.
- Trump’s flaws: Harris critiques Trump for his presidency’s economic policies, handling of the pandemic, and attacks on immigrant communities.
- Voter demographics: Harris struggles with voters of color, young voters, seniors, and union workers; Trump has significant working-class support.
- Arab American voters: Support for Harris has declined due to her stance on Gaza and unconditional support for Israel, leading to a potential loss of Arab American voters, especially in Michigan.
- Policy shifts needed: The article argues Harris should adjust her stance on Gaza, support a ceasefire, and condition U.S. arms to Israel, which could sway Arab American voters.
- Economic populism: Harris is encouraged to focus on class-warfare rhetoric and pro-working class policies, such as a $15 minimum wage, capping drug costs, and expanding Social Security, to win over lower-income voters.
- Youth voter engagement: There’s concern about low youth voter turnout and lack of outreach to young people of color, which could affect the election outcome.
- Final campaign stretch: Harris is urged to take bold steps on economic issues and appeal to working-class voters, similar to Biden’s approach in 2020, to secure victory in key states.
What will happen is those who are upset she’s drifted a bit right will vote for Trump who’s miles further to the right, or they will proxy-vote for Trump by wasting their vote on a third party candidate.
No, they’ll just not vote like a third of the country always does…
Like, what’s the negative to do what the Dem voter base wants?
Why only move to the right for votes, and how does that lead to anything but the country moving to he right.
Losing the moderate republican vote in places like the midwest and in battleground states - where Dems really need to win, due to the nature of the Electoral College.
To win of course.
The government? Unfortunately it doesn’t - unless we’re able to get something extreme pushed thru like the 127 DC states plan.
But the country as a whole? If democracy prevails, they will move however they move and it’ll be up to the politicians to respond to the new electorate. Kinda like how Obama’s views on gay marriage evolved.
Well hopefully they’ll still understand that democracy is at state and thus turn out for Harris, saving their protest non-vote for future cycles (when it’s back to business as usual).