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[–] UsernameHere 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh, Obama governed as a Regan-era republican. The Affordable Healthcare Act was based on a Heratige Foundation proposal, and given the blessing of health insurance companies. But he campaigned on the left, that line of broken promises got him into office.

Obama won office for two terms and republicans won this election. If what you’re saying is true then it disproves the claim that democrats didn’t go far enough left according to voters.

As for the rest... pay no attention to the declining lifespan, the increasing precarity, the rising cost of just scraping by. People aren't voting because of real grievances, it's all Russian Bots don'cha know?

So you’re pretending that foreign nations don’t try to influence the elections while adding in new topics to create a straw man argument. The polls show that voters were most motivated by inflation and immigration and that is what resulted in republicans winning.

Like, jeeze, you'd rather have a Sinister Villain to peg this on than actually examine the conditions in this country. That's some saturday morning cartoon nonsense you've spun.

I’m just stating the facts. I’m sorry if they don’t align with your feelings.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The polls show that voters were most motivated by inflation and immigration and that is what resulted in republicans winning

Just one comment ago, you claimed it was Russian bots. Now you're agreeing that it's people feeling economic pressure.

If what you’re saying is true then it disproves the claim that democrats didn’t go far enough left according to voters.

If you give people a choice between Republicans and diet-Republicans, they pick the real one. Would you have them try to outflank republicans more next election?

[–] UsernameHere 0 points 1 month ago

You’re either illiterate or intentionally misrepresenting what I said. Two comments ago I said Trump won in 2016 because of bots. I stated what the polls are saying for the 2024 elections d how it contracted your claims.

Political ads literally called Biden a radical leftist and that’s what the majority of voters believed as is proven with the election results.