New surveys of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania taken this week offer the latest indication of a dramatic reversal in standing for the Democratic Party since President Biden abandoned his re-election bid.
Every single one of Trump’s economic policies is inflationary. We finally have a candidate that can make a policy argument, and Kamala needs to nail home that Trump has no idea what he’s doing and will make inflation, prices, and the economy way worse.
You must understand, Hillary was ahead on polls in 2016 and I swear that's given people paranoia.
That said, the Hillary vote was a vote against Trump and were forced into it. This feels like a vote for Harris is a vote for Harris -- people actually feel good about supporting her and Walz. Demolishing Trump is a bonus!
But the polls also indicate clear vulnerabilities for the new Democratic presidential nominee. Forty-two percent of voters said Ms. Harris was too liberal;
So NYT, another way to put that would be that most voters don't think she's too progressive?
In recent days, Ms. Harris has disavowed some of her previous stances on issues including border enforcement and fracking, as well as her support for a single-payer health care system.
Can't have shit in America, I swear
Oh well, good to see Trump and Vance eating shit at any rate.
I mean, with either Biden or Harris highlighting the less common response is a weird phrasing choice, and it's a weird thing to focus on if they're just looking for weaknesses (Republicans who are always going to think any Dem is too progressive will distort things, and meanwhile she's almost as close to being negative on the "has a clear vision for the country" question which speaks more to persuadable voters).
but i agree that people have to stop being scared of the "insult" liberal.
I didn't say that and don't think I can agree with you there. Like, it shouldn't be an insult per se, liberalism was an improvement over the monarchism and mercantilism ideas that came before it and I think civil rights and written constitutions are solid ideas we should retain, but the whole obsession with "market based" solutions and paternalistic means testing nonsense is a silly waste of money and political capital.
On a very much related note, the fact that the survey question asks "Do you think Kamala Harris is too liberal or progressive, not liberal or etc." is really unhelpful, but that's "all the news that's fit to print" for ya
it is like when they use the word woke as an insult; i mean what is the fucking alternative - being asleep?
Yeah, that's always struck me as a weird flex too. I guess just because it was a phrase commonly used by black people once upon a time before it went mainstream was enough to make them reflexively hate it.
I love how everyone is progressive and pro-democracy on Reddit/Lemmy, then you go outside and boom, you encounter people thinking Bill Gates is a reptile and only Trump & co. can save us.
that's not really the case though. conservatives are a minority. the main reason they get to power is because 1. your democracy is fucked and popular vote doesn't even elect the president, and 2. gerrymandering and voter suppression.
don't be fooled by the so-called 49%, that's 49% of people who vote. most US elections are won by whoever comes second to "did not vote" because apparently "did not vote" can't be president.
and sometimes it's whoever comes third even, because fuck voters. and that's almost always the republican, losing popular vote to both "did not vote" and the Dem who comes second, but still gets the presidency.
The Blue Wall has been established. Three major states went into toss up. And the Democratic convention hasn't happened yet. If I was Harris, I'd like where I'm at.