• @Viking_Hippie
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    8 months ago

    Registering to vote helps Democrats more than Republicans, because first time voters and younger voters are more likely to vote Democrat many more people want to vote for Democrats.

    Though your original version is also correct.

    • @[email protected]
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      198 months ago

      Yes, absolutely. If we made voting mandatory, made Election Day a national holiday, and actually managed to get our turnout over 90%, the Democrats would landslide every election and the Republicans know it.

      An awful lot of Republican policy makes sense when you view them as a party with a shrinking base. They’re trying to eek out what they can before shifting over to a new base.

      Rubio, Cruz, and De Santis have been trying to build Hispanic bases, though none of them are really charismatic enough to pull it off.

      • @Viking_Hippie
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        78 months ago

        Who would think that 3 personally repulsive people from the Let’s Kill Immigrants and Deport Their Families Party would have trouble making inroads with Latino voters? It’s a real mystery!

        • @grue
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          88 months ago

          You’d be surprised how much of the Latino community are folks like the descendants of the Cuban bourgeoisie who fled Cuba when the communists took over, devout Catholics, people who jumped through all the hoops to immigrate legally and are really salty about the ones who took shortcuts, etc.

        • @[email protected]
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          78 months ago

          The Latino vote has started trending to the right, so they’re not wrong for trying.

          Dems need to do more to secure their vote.

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            48 months ago

            Almost like Dems need to actually do something for minorities instead of taking their vote for granted.

            • Uranium3006
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              38 months ago

              the democratic party is controlled opposition. their job is to prevent left wing policies even at the cost of republicans winning

      • Uranium3006
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        58 months ago

        their ideology is literally and metaphorically dying off and the only way they can retain power is by destroying democracy. everything they do is to make sure people can’t vote them out, up to and including a fascist coup

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          38 months ago

          Either that or run on a platform people actually want to vote for, but yeah the destroying democracy thing is probably easier.