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pinkstarburst

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3. I think with how we have computer voting
Sun Feb 2, 2025, 09:14 AM
Feb 2025

it is now far too easy to rig the vote, especially with Leon so heavily involved. I also think this country has proven several times that it is too sexist to elect a woman president, and I said many times going into it that Kamala would have an even harder time than Hillary because she would have to overcome voters' sexism and racism.

With that said, I also think we need to stop blaming voter groups for how the election turned out. This includes nasty posts against white men, Hispanics, Muslims, white women, Indian voters, youth voters, male voters, you name it. All those posts do is alienate those voting groups when they see those posts online. While I liked Harris's ads during the campaign that were pro-women, for example the one about sneakily tricking your husband at the ballot box, I could see how if I were watching those same ads as a man, I would feel insulted by some of them, and not welcomed into the fold. We want all those groups to feel like they are welcome and included and valued and a vital part of the democratic party. Not that one singular demographic is "our base" and everyone else is less important. Focus on messaging that reaches every demographic. That's a tall order, and we need to have our smartest people working on it. Absolutely, look at the data to see where we lost ground and where we need to work the hardest to GAIN ground, but do it with the attitude of "well, here's where we have the most work to do" not blaming.

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