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This is certainly why Trump lost re-election.
Comment by ElopingWatermelon at 24/05/2021 at 17:37 UTC
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Yup, prior to 2016 I was pretty middle of the political spectrum. As conservatives have gotten more and more extreme (I know some of them were extreme even before 2016), I have drifted further left. Between conservative family members spouting horrible shit, and the general conservative party ideals, there's no way I feel I could align with any part of the GOP. I registered simply so I could vote to not have republicans in office.
If there had been a more moderate candidate on the right, and they hadn't been becoming more and more extreme, I might not have become a voter
Comment by [deleted] at 24/05/2021 at 14:01 UTC
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Yup.
Comment by CyanManta at 24/05/2021 at 15:52 UTC
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Despite having every cheating measure going in his favor.
I'd be pissed too, if I had spent as much time stacking the election in my favor as he did and had nothing to show for it.
Comment by Kraz_I at 24/05/2021 at 19:36 UTC
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Trump lost re-election because of the abject catastrophe of his mishandling of the pandemic, one of the worst failures of leadership in American history. If it hadn’t been for the pandemic, he probably would have won re-election. As it is, only about 50k votes in key swing states made the difference. Obviously if we used popular vote it wouldn’t have been close at all.