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Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by JeremyNT on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @05:10PM (#42070254)
Trump's a pretty singular personality. He floods the zone with bullshit and denigrates vast swathes of the electorate. His insane ramblings are just considered by his adherents to be part of his allure and mystique. The American people can't seem to get enough of it, presumably because they so strongly identify with his character.

I have no love for Democrats but it's unclear to me that there's really anything they could have done. The common wisdom in the past had been that Trump is some kind of liability for Republicans, but at every turn he has been underestimated and I question that assumption.

To me Trump looks like a true master of his craft, and there is no line of carefully triangulated messaging that will resonate more with typical Americans than his stream of vitriol and lies.

Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by theonething on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @08:36PM (#42072316)
> it's unclear to me that there's really anything they could have done

Don't choose such a unpopular candidate as Kamala. Have a primary instead of appointing someone.

Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by dboreham on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @10:31PM (#42073083)
Unpopular meaning "a woman"?
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by theonething on Thursday November 07, 2024 @12:40PM (#42078929)
oh please... identity politics helped lose this election for the Dems bigly. Let's not bring it here.

There are a plethora of reasons she's unpopular, she can's string two coherent sentences together without a teleprompter, she cackles at inappropriate times, she won't talk to anyone off the cuff, she doesn't give straight answers on policy questions thus the word salad meme, she fumbles critical questions like what would you do different in the last 3 years, what a terrible answer...

Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by JeremyNT on Thursday November 07, 2024 @02:16PM (#42079873)
> There are a plethora of reasons she's unpopular, she can's string two coherent sentences together without a teleprompter, she cackles at inappropriate times, she won't talk to anyone off the cuff, she doesn't give straight answers on policy questions thus the word salad meme, she fumbles critical questions like what would you do different in the last 3 years, what a terrible answer...

What I think I'm reading here is that you feel like Trump is a better public speaker than Harris.

Assuming that this is a genuinely held belief that you have, I suggest that you consider that perhaps this is very subjective.

Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by andrekandre on Friday November 08, 2024 @09:52PM (#42092222)
i understood it as unpopular because of being associated with biden and inflation/border-issues... she couldnt chart a new course and was stuck with defending bidens record.

the gaza issue also probably didnt win any points in pennsylvania etc