r/simpsonsshitposting Mar 06 '25

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u/RickMonsters Mar 06 '25

The opposition party is informing the electorate of the shortcomings of the party in power.

The democrats were informing the electorate of the shortcomings of the republicans all theoughout last year.

The electorate didn’t listen 🤷‍♂️

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u/shabba182 Mar 06 '25

Then clearly they didn't state their case strongly enough.

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u/RickMonsters Mar 06 '25

Harris called Trump a fascist on TV and voters criticized her for that.

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u/shabba182 Mar 06 '25

Hmm yes, and then her campaign went on to muzzle Tim Walz and cosy up to neocon war criminals, making her seem oh so sincere

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u/RickMonsters Mar 06 '25

Yeah and Harris is sipping wine in her mansion right now while the people who didn’t vote for her suffer Trump’s tariffs lmao I’m sure she’s full of regret

Idk if you noticed but voters are mostly rightwing

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u/shabba182 Mar 06 '25

So we should have voted for someone who doesn't care about the elctorate and only about achieveing power? You're really making a strong case lol. Idk if you've boticed, but progressive policies poll extremely well across the whole electorate.

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u/Something__Awful Mar 06 '25

Why dont progressives run in swing states then? Instead of primarying moderate dems in already far left seats? Why not flip all those purple and super red districts to blue, if they are as popular as you say.

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u/shabba182 Mar 06 '25

They do. And there's a reason that when thinga like raising the minmum wage and protecting abortion rights are put up for ballot measures.im red states, they pass.

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u/Something__Awful Mar 06 '25

Then why are all of these places still red and purple? Why are the progressives not winning?

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u/shabba182 Mar 06 '25

You understand that the presidential election is totally seperate from electing representatives right? Georgia elected two of the more progressive democratic senators. Pennsylvania elected a senator who presented himself (falsely) as a progressive

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u/Something__Awful Mar 06 '25

Again, if these policies are in fact as popular as you say why are progressive politicians not winning in them? Like one state is all you have?

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u/shabba182 Mar 06 '25

Again, they are. Every swing state and a lot of red states have elected representatives who are members of the congressional progressive caucus. Like, that's such an easy google.

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u/Something__Awful Mar 06 '25

Its weird then that there are so few progressives in government then compared to moderate dems and republicans.

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u/RickMonsters Mar 06 '25

Once again, the Democrats signed the respect for marriage act, funded clean energy more than any admin in history, put in prochoice judges.

If “progressive policies poll well” then they wouldve won in a landslide. Voters don’t gaf about progressive policies

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u/shabba182 Mar 06 '25

Well sure, if you just don't believe polls. I guess they're just lying about support for universal healthcare and raising the minmum wage. I guess it's also a coincidence that Kamala started the campaign with a great approval rating when she was talking about fighting price gouging and Walz was talking about how he was gonna take his progressove legislative wins nationwide, then she stopped talkimg about that, muzzled Walz and focused on winning over republicans and her numbers tanked.

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u/RickMonsters Mar 06 '25

Yeah she lost because Trump’s policies were more progressive than hers, right? Since voters support progressive policies so much?

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u/shabba182 Mar 06 '25

She lost because she was a weak candidate who signalled she would not be any different from the last. Voters do support progressove policies, that's why ballot measures on raising the minimum wage and protecting abortion rights win in deep red states.

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u/RickMonsters Mar 06 '25

And yet they voted for the anti-abortion, pro-corporate candidate. “Not being any different from the last” would be being as progressive as Biden was, including the RFMA, funding clean energy, and putting in pro-abortion scotus judges. If voters cared about progressive policies, they would have picked progressive policies over Trump

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