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Sounds great till:
We're running two incredibly unpopular candidates...
Only 62% of voters approve of either candidate
Our system is broken
Still gonna vote for the one that hasn’t explicitly said they want to be a dictator….
I hope everyone does.
But Bidens favorable numbers are stuck, and unfavourably keeps increasing.
We're going to see a low turnout election. And thats only good for republicans.
The more people vote, the better Dems do. Which is why we shouldn't be running a candidate less than a third of voters approve of.
If we're stuck with Biden, his and his campaign need to at least start portraying him in better light, even if the change isn't real.
If Biden stops funding Israel's genocide, he'd win the election in a blowout, I just can't see him doing it. He'll risk trump winning instead.
So he's got to do a shit ton of little things instead of that one big easy thing.
Echo chamber in action. Democrats are 50/50 on supporting Israel's genocide. Independents favor Israel even more.
20% uncommitted echo chamber? Who's the one in the chamber?
80%+ of Dem voters want to stop israel's Genocide. Only Dems paid by AIPAC want to keep it going.
Biden will lose 100% if he keeps the Genocide going. He can't even campaign on colleges because of all the protests he's getting. His own left voters are working against him until he stops.
It's up to 60% of Dems as of late January. Source. If you have a more recent poll that shows 80% feel free to link it.
No 50%+ of Democrats believe israel is committing Genocide
As for the ceasefire a quick google gives us 77% 15 days ago.
Even the majority of Republicans support a ceasefire. This is not a controversial opinion by now.
"Ceasefire" and "genocide" are two very different words coming from different camps.
"80% of Democrats want a ceasefire" is not what you said.
If Biden negotiates a ceasefire, obviously that will be a huge win. No one is doubting that.
If Biden takes a hard line against Israel, and starts using the word "genocide", he will lose voters.
You should not confuse those two positions.
A ceasefire is stopping israel's Genocide.
Israel is committing Genocide that is a fact.
A ceasefire would stop it that is a fact.
Biden is losing voters because he is not using the word Genocide and supporting israel. You are turning the world around.
Facts don't vote.
But you know what else is a fact? The poll numbers I linked.
You said "if Biden stops funding Israel's genocide", NOT "if Biden negotiates a ceasefire".
If Biden takes a hard line against Israel, he will lose votes.
Which votes? Can you back up your claim?
I already linked the polling data.
Where the AP article?
Yep.
What in there proved your point can you quote it like I do for my articles?
You can't read?
This is obvious sealioning but I'll indulge you this one time.
So 62% of Democrats say they have gone too far and not forcing a ceasefire would cost Biden votes?
How does this work
You never said the word ceasefire until you were forced to move the goalpost. Stick to your original statement.
Stop the Genocide. With a ceasefire. How else?
You specifically said
So I'm guessing you think cutting off funding is "how else".
I linked evidence that 80% of Democrats are in favor of a ceasefire.
You are saying Biden would lose votes by enforcing a ceasefire. I am saying Biden would gain votes by enforcing a ceasefire.
Quit talking about ceasefire. That was not your original point. Unless you admit you were wrong about your original point.
You're really trying to win on semantics now that you've been proven wrong with stats.
You said "stop funding Israel" is what Biden should do. I want you to defend that.
You said "stop funding israel would cost Biden votes". I want you to defend that. You clearly did not do that whatsoever as even your own stats show voters don't support israel's Genocide.
If 40% of Democrats don't even see a problem with what Israel is doing...
And independents are 50/50.
I’ve been saying this more and more, but ever since 2016, the system has gone away from “vote for who you support” and more towards “vote against what you don’t support” for the presidential elections. We have somehow managed to have a good chunk of the US view these actually really important political processes as nothing more than blind fanaticism for “their team” - and that goes for both Team D and Team R.
Except one of the teams is seeking to completely destroy democracy, and the other is not.
I don't think there's ever been an US election between people so unpopular.