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2024 United States Elections Thread
Please use this thread to discuss the ongoing local, state, and federal
elections in the United States. While this thread is stickied, new
questions related to US politics should be posted in this thread.
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|u/OldWolf2 - 11 days
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|So much for that pollster predicting Iowa for Harris
|u/Snowtwo - 11 days
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|Who the heck predicted that?
|u/OldWolf2 - 11 days
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|https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/iowa-
|poll/2024/11/02/iowa-poll-kamala-harris-leads-donald-
|trump-2024-presidential-race/75354033007/
|u/Snowtwo - 11 days
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|... ... That poll... is insane.
|u/CDK5 - 11 days
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|Has anyone here actually been polled before? Would love to
|know the percentage.
|u/sparky_burner - 10 days
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|Almost nobody. Idk how you can call yourself an intelligent
|person and believe in polls
|u/Calfurious - 8 days
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|I've been polled a few times, but I got tired of being
|constantly called so I started ignoring them. After awhile I
|stopped being polled.
|u/jackie-daytona7 - 11 days
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|A devastating reminder that social media echo chambers, especially
|Reddit, is not the real world.
|u/Special22one - 9 days
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|A large amount of reddit users aren't even voting age
|u/InsertBluescreenHere - 10 days
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|You think reddit is bad, imgur is like havin a meltdown.
|u/jackie-daytona7 - 11 days
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|I often wonder if campaigning is, generally, a waste of time now. The
|US seems so divided that I would argue that the majority of people made
|their minds up long ago, refuse to listen to each other, and no amount
|of argument and no policy can make them budge. The political climate
|is so fucked. It's treated like you're supporting a sports team.
|u/Aurelionelx - 11 days
|
|Surprisingly there are quite a few 'undecided' voters out there who
|just don't care all that much about politics. Part of this is because
|voting is not mandatory in the US so voter turnout is actually low.
|If you can convince people who haven't voted before to start voting
|for your party now it is quite beneficial.
|u/Formal-Distance-4562 - 11 days
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|No matter who wins or loses, I'm getting drunk
|u/ZeusAlmighty1 - 11 days
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|If you ain’t already drunk you’re doing it wrong
|u/jdmillar86 - 11 days
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|Canadian here. Got off work 5 hours ago, drinking steadily ever
|since. Good luck yous all.
|u/Burt_Rhinestone - 11 days
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|Please cut me some slack. Politics have turned me into an
|alcoholic. It takes me a while to get drunk now.
|u/iamherenow26 - 11 days
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|The day after election night should be a national holiday so I don't
|have to regret getting absolutely hammered and eating an entire pizza
|by myself
|u/Delicious-Recipe-977 - 11 days
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|Lol beer, chips, and salsa for me tonight
|u/Sgtbird08 - 11 days
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|Shit I’m hammered already. Burgers over pizza though, but that does
|sound nice for tomorrow…
|u/no_more_blues - 11 days
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|Losing in the dumbass electoral college is one thing, but the fact that
|Trump is probably going to win the popular vote this time needs to be a
|wake up call to a LOT of people. Screaming into the echo chamber and
|ignoring the reality of the composition of US is only make things worse
|and worse. People are being radicalized more and more on either side,
|and unfortunately the democrats are losing that race badly. There needs
|to be a real discussion about new better methods of getting through to
|people because shaming them into seeing things your way DOES NOT WORK.
|u/Weirdguy149 - 10 days
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|This right here is precisely why they lost in my mind. Way too much
|fearmongering, not enough actual policy.
|u/CDK5 - 11 days
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|> because shaming them into seeing things your way DOES NOT WORK.
|well said
|u/nine_of_swords - 11 days
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|Trump won Marengo County in Alabama. That breaks the Black Belt voting
|solidly Democrat.
|u/proshot82 - 11 days
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|I am not from USA, i've been on Reddit for about 11 years now. It has
|always been my primary source of information on all things US. Only now
|have i completely realised what an echo chamber that is. Being here
|every single day for the past year, i wouldn't have the faintest doubt
|that Trump would lose this election, and lose dramatically. This
|morning i had a rude awakening.
|u/ILoveFent1 - 11 days
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|Not to shit on you or anything man since you’re not from the US but
|Reddit is a genuinely horrible place to get your political
|information from. It’s like twitter but just leftist lol.
|u/Phildandrix - 10 days
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|You have to actually do a little searching. The left actively
|searches out and works to destroy any group of conservatives they
|find that are easy to locate. Most of these are youtube (despite
|youtube hates them) Here's a few: [https://www.youtube.com/@Sho
|e0nHead/videos](https://www.youtube.com/@Shoe0nHead/videos)
|she's actually a leftist, but is willing to criticize her own
|party for being dumb. Her latest video is "[Why are men moving
|right](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSw04BwQy4M)" Check this
|one out, it's good. [https://www.youtube.com/@historyofeverythin
|gpodcast/videos](https://www.youtube.com/@historyofeverythingpodc
|ast/videos) more of a moderate. [https://www.youtube.com/@RepDa
|nCrenshaw/videos](https://www.youtube.com/@RepDanCrenshaw/videos)
|an actual conservative politician [https://www.youtube.com/hasht
|ag/peterzeihan](https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/peterzeihan) not
|actually conservative, but moderate, he's a political analyst.
|Generally pretty good, but he really missed on predicting a Trump
|loss. [https://www.youtube.com/@TheAmalaEkpunobi/videos](https:/
|/www.youtube.com/@TheAmalaEkpunobi/videos) this is one of the
|better ones [https://www.youtube.com/@BenShapiro/videos](https:/
|/www.youtube.com/@BenShapiro/videos) [https://www.youtube.com/@t
|he\_fat\_electrician/videos](https://www.youtube.com/@the_fat_ele
|ctrician/videos) [https://www.youtube.com/@unsubscribepodcast/vi
|deos](https://www.youtube.com/@unsubscribepodcast/videos) NSFW
|not that bad really, just don't let coworkers or children hear.
|[https://www.youtube.com/@Unsubscribe\_Clips/videos](https://www.
|youtube.com/@Unsubscribe_Clips/videos) shorter version of the
|above, just highlights [https://www.youtube.com/@RyanMcBethProgr
|amming/videos](https://www.youtube.com/@RyanMcBethProgramming/vid
|eos) mor of a military and international politics guy, but he
|also goes into misinformation and propaganda. one of his better
|ones is: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf4BJZW9pY4](https://ww
|w.youtube.com/watch?v=vf4BJZW9pY4) [https://www.youtube.com/@thi
|rtycryingandtrying/videos](https://www.youtube.com/@thirtycryinga
|ndtrying/videos) female version of Unsub [https://www.youtube.co
|m/@PragerU/videos](https://www.youtube.com/@PragerU/videos) This
|is the most conservative of them. [https://www.youtube.com/@Reas
|onTV/videos](https://www.youtube.com/@ReasonTV/videos) [https://
|www.youtube.com/@BlackConservativePerspective/videos](https://www
|.youtube.com/@BlackConservativePerspective/videos) [https://www.
|youtube.com/watch?v=bg17owevLtA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
|bg17owevLtA)[https://www.youtube.com/@LFRFAMILY/videos](https://w
|ww.youtube.com/@LFRFAMILY/videos) [https://www.youtube.com/@mich
|elleinvestigates/videos](https://www.youtube.com/@michelleinvesti
|gates/videos) [https://www.youtube.com/@NateTheLawyer/videos](ht
|tps://www.youtube.com/@NateTheLawyer/videos) [https://www.youtub
|e.com/@ParodyWhitney/videos](https://www.youtube.com/@ParodyWhitn
|ey/videos) [https://www.youtube.com/@TheOfficialCartierFamily/vi
|deos](https://www.youtube.com/@TheOfficialCartierFamily/videos)
|Hope this helps you
|u/ILoveFent1 - 11 days
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|The main reason is that trump promises lower taxes and lower
|prices on things. Whether or not he delivers on those promises,
|we’ll just have to see. All of my buddies who voted trump are
|tired of living in one of the poorest regions in the US and still
|paying the same premiums everyone else does. Not to say we’re
|legitimately poor or anything, as me and most people I know are
|really blessed to be where we are right now, but Appalachian
|residents make less on average across the board. The reasons
|will vary depending on where you’re from, but there’s a glimpse
|into politics near me. And also every news source holds bias.
|Allsides .com will show you trending headlines with democrat,
|republican, and centrist views from varying news stations. The
|best single sources with no bias would probably be reuters and
|AP.
|u/deniall83 - 11 days
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|I guess my questions are; based on his last presidency, how
|confident are they that he will deliver on his promises? And do
|they understand the impact that the tariffs he’s proposing will
|have on the cost of living, or are they just taking his word
|for it?
|u/onbran - 10 days
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|he literally tried to pass a healthcare plan that wasnt even
|a plan. it was a blank book sitting in front of him.
|u/PalmTreesRoses - 10 days
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|The best objective source I’ve ever found (as an American) is PBS
|newstation. They may have a slight left bias but they bring in
|people from both sides to speak often.
|u/ImSomeRandomHuman - 11 days
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|You just figured out Reddit is an echo chamber now? The whole system
|of how upvotes and downvotes work are meant to produce echo chambers.
|You really need news sources that come from multiple sources; not
|just one, especially if it happens to be an echo chamber. Simply
|imagine all that you have been mislead into believing and perceiving.
|u/MrVISKman - 11 days
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|I've been on Reddit for a couple US elections and this one was the
|most echochambery one by far. You have to have in mind that you're on
|a website where even stating something neutral will get you labelled
|as right wing
|u/Thick_Basil3589 - 11 days
|
|Its the downside of social media. If you have certain values and
|standards you will go to grouos and subs related to them. Then you
|like/upvote posts and the algorithm will cater those things and
|filters others. I had a similar experience with the Hungarian
|elections when they re-voted our Trump for the 4th time 🙄
|u/OhNoTokyo - 11 days
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|The information is on Reddit, you just cannot trust the major
|subreddits run by power mods. You need to go places where thoughtful
|discussion is done about the actual issues and chances. The election
|was always well within Trump's grasp. The polls made that clear, and
|there are places on Reddit that would tell you that. The problem
|is that you need to seek them out. You cannot trust the "neutral"
|subreddits. The mods clearly had agendas in places like politics.
|Also, there was discovered a ton of astroturfing by Harris organized
|brigaders on Reddit that made an already left oriented sub into a
|pure echo chamber.
|u/Annoying_Orange66 - 11 days
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|Same. Except I personally know several Americans (my boss and
|coworkers) and they all rooted for Kamala. Granted, it's not a very
|representative sample. But I just assumed most Americans were like
|them. So it's either of two things: 1)trump voters are ashamed to say
|it or 2)Americans have the strong tendency to hang out with like-
|minded people so they form herds of exclusively left or right wing
|people that don't interact with each others. As a European, both
|behaviors seem equally absurd to me.
|u/shawntw77 - 11 days
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|Yeah... A social media platform definitely isn't the right place for
|news. Maybe to get ideas of what to look up properly but definitely
|not a primary source of news. Definitely need to learn to rely on
|several good sources, that way if one ends up being biased you
|hopefully have more to rely on to make sure the information you get
|isn't exclusively biased towards one point.
|u/Calfurious - 8 days
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|> Only now have i completely realised what an echo chamber that is.
|Reddit is controlled by like 100 super moderators, all of which have
|very far-left political beliefs and openly ban political dissenters.
|For example, /r/Pics moderators have banned anybody who has commented
|on /r/Asmongold because him and his audience are center-right.
|Reddit's echo chambers are absolutely insane. They're not reflective
|of actual people, just a very specific demographic of people who
|align with the worldview of the moderators of those subreddits. Now
|stop and think about the people who spend their entire day moderating
|an online forum. What type of person do you think has the time and
|willingness to do that? People who don't have jobs, children, or real
|life serious responsibilities. They're not reflective of the average
|person whatsoever.
|u/NamelessVegetable - 11 days
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|Trump has won. America, and indeed the world, now lives in interesting
|times.
|u/dirtydirtynoodle - 11 days
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|Fuck... I want a boring world again
|u/Davadam27 - 10 days
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|Right?! Professional wrestler The Undertaker liked that Trump made
|politics exciting (I believe the word he used). Politics shouldn't
|be Jersey Shore levels of wild.
|u/soggymittens - 10 days
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|Me too, friend. Me too
|u/Facelessman2024 - 11 days
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|Kinda annoyed they call the races when barely anything’s reported in .
|At least let the results get to 50/60 percent before calling them .
|Also anyone else anxiously refreshing the results every few minutes to
|see what’s going on
|u/Quartz87 - 11 days
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|As an outsider, I don't understand how 11% votes counted equals that
|candidate winning that state.
|u/Facelessman2024 - 11 days
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|Me either I was trying to research it apparently associated press
|has some formula they use to call the winner
|u/Emotional-Worry2285 - 11 days
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|Depends on the state. Some states, like California, which I live
|in, have such a high majority for one party that there’s virtually
|no chance they would flip.
|u/Vercassivelaunos - 10 days
|
|It's a statistical thing. Let's assume that 60% of all voters in a
|state voted duck, while 40% voted goose. Then we choose 10 votes at
|random, and let's say 3 of them are duck, while 7 are goose. That's
|pretty unlikely. In fact, the probability is just 5.5%. But what
|if we chose 100 votes at random and 30 were duck and 70 goose.
|That's even less likely. The probability is 0.00000013%. If you saw
|this, you probably wouldn't believe that 60% of all voters actually
|voted duck. In fact, if we wanted even just an 0.5% chance for such
|a result from the random votes, at most 43% of all voters could
|have chosen duck. So it's safe to say, within a margin of error of
|0.5%, that goose actually won. And the kicker is, I didn't
|mention the total number of voters! The numbers are independent of
|the total number of votes. If you count 100 votes and get the
|results from above, you can be very sure that goose won, no matter
|if there were just 150 total voters, or 1000 voters, or a million
|voters. Calling a race works similarly. Of course, you never get a
|completely random sample of votes because the votes in a ballot box
|are all from people living near each other. But the model can
|correct for such complexities. It gets harder to do it, but it's
|still possible to call a race with a seemingly small sample of
|votes. 100 votes will no longer be enough, but you don't
|necessarily need a huge number. Of course, for a close race you
|need a larger sample size to call it, but if the winner wins by a
|larger margin, the race can be called seemingly wondrously early.
|u/Ralathar44 - 11 days
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|They're just milking your anxiety for money.
|u/Pond-James-Pond - 10 days
|
|A post on Reddit implied that some 20 million Biden voters didn’t vote
|in this election. If even a third of them had it would be a Democrat
|win. Why didn’t they? Harris was on that same ticket as VP.
|u/ColSurge - 10 days
|
|The number is a bit exaggerated, but as of the total right now 15
|million fewer people voted for Haris than did Biden in 2020. Those
|15 million people is a very large number. That's not mostly undecided
|or independents, the true reality is that democrats did not turn up
|to vote for Harris.
|u/Pond-James-Pond - 10 days
|
|This is what it looks like to me as well. When it comes to
|democracies citizens have plenty of rights but really only one
|responsibility. “ you had one job.” as the expression goes, and
|they didn’t do it. And the cynical realist in me says that the USA,
|Western democracies, and the world is a whole will pay the price of
|that.
|u/Interesting-Dream863 - 10 days
|
|Because they forced Biden to leave the race?
|u/PM_me_British_nudes - 11 days
|
|As a UK-er looking in, I can't honestly say I'm surprised at the way
|this is turning out. Looking on Reddit, where "Orange Man Bad" is the
|prevailing sentiment, it would give the appearance that Kamala would be
|a cert. Looking at it from a non-Reddit perspective (and as one who's
|had to put up with 14 years' Tory bollocks, Brexit, and the bumbling
|shitshow that was Covid), Harris actually seemed to say nothing of
|great substance, and was banking on not being Trump as being good
|enough to win her the election. It's been much like watching Corbyn
|against Johnson over Brexit; one never seemed to have an opinion on
|anything, whereas the other (however deplorable a human being they
|might actually be) had a clear message. Goes to show that relying on
|Internet sentiment isn't always great. Stay strong my U.S.
|compatriots, you've got this 💪
|u/jackie-daytona7 - 11 days
|
|I see many people predicting exactly how things will play out on the
|global stage. I'm sorry, but given how confident Reddit was about the
|election, and how spectacularly wrong it ended up being, I would advise
|not getting too worked up about the doomsday scenarios being thrown
|about. A lot of Redditors think they know everything, but they don't.
|Take care of yourselves and your wellbeing.
|u/Helpful_Badger3106 - 11 days
|
|True. Most redditors are teenagers who reply based on their
|assumptions or what they've heard, well, on reddit. It's kind of like
|how AI feeds of its own data, but with real people (and bots, I
|guess).
|u/Mental-Ease3312 - 10 days
|
|Most rational post up here
|u/6thReplacementMonkey - 10 days
|
|Most of what we are predicting is what Trump has been promising to
|do, or what his backers have been saying they intend to do. The
|system of checks and balances that we have was already severely
|weakened the first time he was in office, and now they are prepared
|and planning to completely remove it. They needed control over both
|houses of Congress to make that a fast process, and they got it.
|While it might seem like fear-mongering or people letting their
|imaginations run wild, all we are doing is saying "well, here's the
|list of things they are saying they will do and have detailed plans
|to do, and that their supporters are asking them to do. It's a long
|and bad list. And here's the list of things anyone could do to stop
|them, and it's a very very short list with one option that is "stall
|them in court and elect a new congress in two years." And that's
|assuming they don't just say fuck it and start shooting people who
|resist. Logically, if you knew someone who told you what they
|planned to do, and gave every indiciation that they meant to do it
|and had done similar stuff in the past, and then you saw that there
|was basically nothing to prevent them from doing it, would you assume
|that they were going to do it, or would you assume that they were
|going to do something else?
|u/GamerFrom1994 - 8 days
|
|I mean, more than 1 million Americans and counting died of disease
|under trump. Mass unemployment and toilet paper shortages.
|u/ChapterSpecial6920 - 11 days
|
|Bot farms be raging now.
|u/JohnSmithWithAggron - 11 days
|
|I wonder how many people refused to vote due to the Democrat's handling
|of Israel-Palestine.
|u/jdgordon - 11 days
|
|I can't believe they think Donald's response is going to be different
|to the current response. Fucking morons if you vote on a single issue
|which does not directly affect yourself.
|u/6thReplacementMonkey - 10 days
|
|Oh it's going to be different. It's going to be so much worse for
|Palestine though.
|u/Sophie_Likes_Writing - 11 days
|
|I’m so tired
|u/StillGayNotLying - 11 days
|
|From the UK i'm surprised people are so shocked.. Bookies had Trump 60%
|chance of winning before yesterday. Dunno why everyone was so certain
|Harris would win.
|u/kielaurie - 10 days
|
|Not certain, hopeful
|u/President_Chewbaca - 11 days
|
|Remember when Trump won the last election, when it caused the Canadian
|migration website to crash due to server overload. Did it happen this
|time?
|u/ColSurge - 6 days
|
|Also remember how there was no actual noticeable amount of migration
|to Canada last time? It's just people being dramatic.
|u/Chic_Goth88 - 9 days
|
| Regardless of our political views, will we all agree that we are eager
| for the barrage of political advertisements and phone calls to end?
|u/No_Dare_6284 - 9 days
|
|Is no one gonna say anything about the 13 million people that voted in
|2020 but not in 2024? What happened to them all???
|u/weownthelake - 11 days
|
|Wait.... What happened to all the Harris voters on here? All I've
|seen, on all of reddit, was pro Harris, pro choice, pro gay.. It's
|like it's been a complete Harris billboard on here, basically all of
|reddit for 4 months...Especially the last couple days. Was it just
|the algorithm reddit had set up with bots controlling fake content?
|Most posts of which, sounded like something coming straight out of
|Rachel Maddows mouth with absolute cockyness. Where is everyone at
|now? Is reddit doing what Facebook and then Twitter done in 2020?
|u/SnoopysRoof - 11 days
|
|It's just proof that the upvote/downvote mechanism is flawed to an
|extent, because it stifles healthy discourse adn debate, and that
|people just don't bother commenting when they think it will get them
|into some internet argument with a bunch of angry, entitled children.
|u/GapingAssTroll - 11 days
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|Propaganda
|u/Don_Gato1 - 10 days
|
|Part of it is propaganda and part of it is people taking a break from
|social media after that. It's been less than a day.
|u/PictureNegative12 - 11 days
|
|Hopefully it's a wake up call
|u/YUASkingMe - 7 days
|
|>Wait.... What happened to all the Harris voters on here? They lost
|their propaganda jobs on Wednesday.
|u/Smash_4dams - 10 days
|
|For all those who forgot all the bad things Trump did in his first
|term, can we get some examples? When I inevitably get asked "what did
|Trump do that was so bad"? What are some good retorts? Because that SOB
|said/did fucked up things on a daily basis, I can barely remember.
|u/goalstopper28 - 10 days
|
|So I can fully admit I'm in an echo chamber on Reddit. So, how do I get
|out of it?
|u/Abdelsauron - 10 days
|
|Have conversations with people who disagree with you.
|u/Ravengm - 10 days
|
|This. So many times someone with a conflicting viewpoint will just
|get a "Oh, you believe that? Then we have nothing more to talk
|about." It just makes them dig in their heels more.
|u/UhOhFeministOnReddit - 10 days
|
|Look at the polls, most voters under 50 in the Democratic party swing
|some shade progressive. I work in data. My job, in a professional
|capacity, is not only interpreting it, but also recognizing the good
|data, from the bad data. Kamala Harris had no support during the
|primaries, the KHive on Twitter was largely a bot farm, and they just
|paid a few big names to make the support look real. Kamala
|astroturfed her way to a VP slot, because that's what most centrists
|have to do these days, and they used bot farms to diminish
|progressive voices, and create the illusion centrists were more
|popular. They do this on ALL social media platforms. But the truth
|is in the voting data, and that truth is that voters under 65 are
|sick and fucking tired of centrists. They want progressives. The only
|people calling centrists electable are pundits and old people.
|u/Ravengm - 10 days
|
|> that truth is that voters under 65 are sick and fucking tired of
|centrists I 100% believe this. No, I don't want to vote for
|another Democrat that doesn't actually have any policy plans to
|make progressive change and instead pays lip service to it while
|still propping up billionaires. So much of their rhetoric recently
|has been to "stop the evil Republicans" rather than actually
|presenting policies that people will like.
|u/drhandy66 - 8 days
|
|Why All The Gnashing of Teeth? You people really have a problem with
|people who disagree with you. Be mad at the D leadership who saddled
|you with the worst ticket in many many elections. Not many people like
|Kamala Harris. She was not supported by peers or even staffers during
|2020, and was named as Biden’s VP only because of a DEI pledge by Joe.
|She owns the worst popularity rating for VP’s (prior to the coup).
|Simply a bad candidate, she had nothing to run on, or if she had,
|couldn’t articulate them. She comes across as dim or inebriated. A
|convicted felon who has been impeached previously, who has made many
|offensive statements, won the Hispanic vote, way more POC votes than
|2020 became the only option.
|u/Melenduwir - 3 days
|
|Did anyone else find it funny that Trumps wants to improve governmental
|efficiency by establishing a whole new department?
|u/NoStatus9434 - 11 days
|
|My prediction is that if Kamala loses, her supporters will NOT storm
|the Capitol like Trump supporters did. Other than that, I'm not
|confident in any other predictions.
|u/rubexbox - 11 days
|
|>My prediction is that if Kamala loses, her supporters will NOT storm
|the Capitol like Trump supporters did. Oh definitely. All the
|people posting comments like "Hey Dems you crying yet LOL" don't seem
|to realize that most Democrats are actually mature enough to accept
|losing the election. Sure, we're gonna bitch about it, but we're not
|going to try and raid D.C. in a temper tantrum trying to force the
|results we want, unlike some people. (Though, if I'm being 100%
|honest... a very dark part of me thinks that maybe we SHOULD be
|acting more like the right-wingers. Just saying, being assholes has
|been depressingly profitable for the GOP and friends.)
|u/quinny7777 - 10 days
|
|I am right of center, and I think the way that Trump and his
|supporters acted was terrible and gave us a bad look. Like, take
|the L and move on. I respect the Democrats for actually conceding
|the election.
|u/PoignantPoint22 - 11 days
|
|Also, if Kamala loses I’m confident she will concede, unlike Trump in
|2020.
|u/NoStatus9434 - 11 days
|
|I mean. That's exactly why the Capitol wasn't stormed in 2016.
|Concession of defeat goes a long way towards what your supporters
|do. This is why it irritates me when people say, "bUt TrUmP sAiD
|'pEaCeFuLlY pRoTeST!'" Yeah, and? The fact is, he still *lied*
|about having won the election by a lot and his supporters were
|emboldened because they believed him. How people react to you is a
|sign of what type of leader you are. Words *matter.* Biden gets
|criticized for how he handled Afghanistan and he wasn't even over
|there at the time, so even if you believe Trump *didn't* want his
|supporters to storm the Capitol (ha!), it's only fair, if you're
|not applying double standards, to say Trump negligently mishandled
|his *own followers.*
|u/Suspicious-Duck1868 - 11 days
|
|Why were the majority of Reddit so confident that Trump would lose?
|u/AdmiraalKroket - 11 days
|
|People like to upvote comments and posts they agree with and want to
|be true, not those that necessarily are. Not just on this matter but
|about everything. Reddit is a terrible (!) source for news or
|information
|u/polishladyanna - 11 days
|
|I knew Harris winning was a long shot but I genuinely thought it would
|be so much closer than this. We really thought we wouldn't know until
|tomorrow in Aus at the absolute earliest but looks like it'll be called
|well before we head to bed after all...
|u/AbbreviationsFlat767 - 11 days
|
|what’s gonna be yalls excuse if Trump wins and things are still
|expensive, rent is still ridiculously high, everything is shitty,and
|crime increases,etc??????
|u/erinnwhoaxo - 11 days
|
|They’ll blame Obama.
|u/Wolverines1984 - 11 days
|
|and the Swamp
|u/MightyMTB - 11 days
|
|That’s what I’m wondering. A lot of people think Trump = good economy
|= low prices…no this just means the corporate conglomerates will will
|now have better gross profits
|u/AbbreviationsFlat767 - 11 days
|
|Thiis‼️
|u/nomnamless - 11 days
|
|They will blame the Democrats like they always do. Completely
|oblivious they did this to them selfs.
|u/MonkeyMercenaryCapt - 9 days
|
|They don't have one, the conservatives have pulled off a masterclass
|in dividing us and pitting us against each other. It is, and always
|will be, class warfare. Imagine if your good ol' country boys and
|queers marched arm in arm as brothers to build a brighter future?
|Can't have that though, instead you dismantle the education system,
|make them too stupid to think for themselves, and they'll do all the
|heavy lifting for you. It is truly sad.
|u/GuyFromDeathValley - 10 days
|
|90% they will blame democrats for sabotaging things, either democrats
|or Biden himself. in their mind, there is no way Donald Dumpsterfire
|could be the reason, because he said so.
|u/Emotional-Worry2285 - 11 days
|
|We’ll have no excuse.
|u/AbbreviationsFlat767 - 11 days
|
|Period they won’t But Those tump supporters will definitely
|find away to make one up with some bullshit,shit.
|u/kingbradley1297 - 11 days
|
|As a non-American, I'm just realizing today how left leaning Reddit as
|a whole is (the anti-Twitter of sorts). It does make sense that you
|can't base your campaign on just how bad the opposition is (keeping
|aside the right or wrong in the statement). Not sure what this bodes
|for world politics. (cause who can ever predict what goes on in the
|cranium of politicians). But yeah, seems like the Democrats need to
|really rethink their strategy and messaging to a large part of the
|American demographic.
|u/Mars-Regolithen - 11 days
|
|>can't base your campaign on just how bad the opposition is Oh you
|pretty much can. The reps didnt do anything asides emotional
|campaining based on racism and whatnot. Most of theire speeches were
|just a run down of insults. Germany currently is the same. Whislt
|ofc our current gov is due some critic, what the opposition does is
|simply saying " le greens bad, reelection". They were just voted out
|4 years ago and theire 16 years of governing before that were a major
|contributer to most of the problems rn. Actually, when does politics
|not boil down to that?!
|u/kingbradley1297 - 11 days
|
|That's true. India is the same as well. Create an enemy out of thin
|air (the other religion, immigrants, what not), campaign on fear
|and promise things that are not even in your control.
|u/Mars-Regolithen - 10 days
|
|Ig its just in our nature. I once thought that politics were
|about solving problems, i feel so naive in recent years....
|u/SnoopysRoof - 11 days
|
|I'm also non-American, and they won't rethink it. Even in the
|comments, they're writing the loss off as everything but insulting
|and isolating the "others" and shutting down dialogue.
|u/kingbradley1297 - 11 days
|
|There's just no tact. Begets a complete non-understanding of human
|psychology.
|u/thecescshow - 10 days
|
|You know, now i wonder if those superstar endorsements even matter. Ppl
|were talking about how huge the support from ppl like Taylor Swift,
|Lebron, Bad Bunny are. I remember how ppl say Bad Bunny is huge for
|Latino votes. Welp did fuck all lmaoooo.
|u/youreokayspider - 10 days
|
|Realistically I would think most people don't make voting decisions
|based on endorsements.
|u/Appropriate_Set7762 - 10 days
|
|Because people opened their eyes and realized Taylor Swift is a
|billionaire and she has no clue what kind of problems the average
|American faces. Also, celebrities can literally leave whenever they
|want. How anyone trusts a celebrity endorsement is beyond me
|u/Magic5Nice - 10 days
|
|Everything matters, but some things definitely matter more. Maybe
|tackling inflation sooner would’ve been a smart move? Reaching out to
|young men in meaningful ways? And perhaps addressing transgender
|issues with respect—without sounding too woke—might have gone a long
|way. The Biden administration and Kamala Harris’ campaign missed
|countless opportunities. If they'd taken the actions I'm outlining,
|Trump wouldn't even have have broke 40% in these states
|u/kittycrook - 8 days
|
|I'm making predictions. What should be on my Trump Presidency bingo
|card?
|u/gonegonegoneaway211 - 8 days
|
|I would like to remind everyone that as much as we all have various
|strong opinions about Trump, this is also a good time to discuss other
|politicians and lobbyists on various levels. As endlessly fascinating
|as he is, Trump doesn't deserve all of the attention. For example,
|there's [Jim Bopp](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/14/anti-
|abotion-10-year-old-ohio-00045843), former Deputy Attorney General of
|Indiana in the '70s and current lawyer for "National Right to Life"
|who, when commenting on the case of a rape victim 10 year old traveling
|to Indiana from Ohio to get an abortion, said "She would have had the
|baby, and as many women who have had babies as a result of rape, we
|would hope that she would understand the reason and ultimately the
|benefit of having the child". Now see, for a hot blessed second
|before I posted this I lived in blissful denial that maybe this one of
|them fake news things I keep hearing about. But to my deepest horror,
|it's not only true, but [there are various other public political
|figures who agree or at the very least refuse to disagree
|outright](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/14/anti-
|abotion-10-year-old-ohio-00045843) I welcome any comments that will
|prove to me that this is in fact fake news actually and nobody would
|ever say or think that about a 10 year old. See the thing is "creepy
|pedophile" is such an overused insult that its practically a cliche at
|this point but I'm not really sure how else to describe that. But this
|is apparently the world we now live in. Ironically, as I discover a
|newfound hatred for a certain subset of Christian conservatives, I hope
|that the Christian faith is the true one because a man like that
|absolutely deserves to fucking suffer in Hell.
|u/Mart1876 - 7 days
|
|How do I get rid of all the politics on my home feed ? I’m so tired of
|opening my reddit home page and all I see is “ Trump ,Kamala , liberals
|, republicans , project 2025,election , etc.. . I like Reddit and I
|don’t want to delete it but all the political opinions and posts is
|just so draining and played out . I’m barely even subscribed to
|political news .
|u/Special22one - 7 days
|
|Stay on r/nonpoliticaltwitter Apart from that, just stay off reddit
|u/DeltaSolana - 7 days
|
|I genuinely don't think that's possible.
|u/GoForthandProsper1 - 11 days
|
|The average American does not care about abortion or Trans rights like
|the Democratic party thinks they do Grocery prices, gas prices and
|crime are the keys to getting peoples votes. I voted for Kamala
|because I can't stand Trump, but I hope this is a wake up call for the
|DNC.
|u/Johnny_Clay - 11 days
|
|They will never wake up. Their answer to thinking America is racist
|and misogynistic is to run a black woman for president. They
|can’t align reality with their wants/desires and they’re paying for
|it. Read the room. The outcome you want and the outcome that’s
|actually possible are two different things. They refuse to accept
|this.
|u/InsertBluescreenHere - 10 days
|
|Yup. Guranteed the dnc experts will say she lost because shes a
|woman or a poc or whatever the hell.
|u/j0rdAn59 - 11 days
|
|Thank you, literally this. How about addressing what actually matters
|to swing or non-voters.
|u/supercali45 - 11 days
|
|lets see him fix it all then.. people about to learn some shit
|u/CDK5 - 11 days
|
|What I don't understand is: why wasn't this the consensus 30 days
|ago?
|u/Front-Asparagus-8071 - 11 days
|
|Because 30 days ago, the leftists were convinced they had the
|election in the bag.
|u/FirmRelease6531 - 11 days
|
|The Economist summed it up very well: If he does what he said he
|would do, there is no way you should vote for this man. If he doesn´t,
|why would you vote for a politician in the first place? I couldn´t
|care less about who wins and Harris ain´t great either, but I thought
|this kinda hit the spot
|u/QM_17 - 10 days
|
|People that said you would move to our of the US if Trump won, which
|country are you moving to and why?
|u/TapeDeckSlick - 10 days
|
|None of them are moving anywhere
|u/Square-Argument4790 - 7 days
|
|To people who genuinely supported Kamala and thought she would have
|made a good president, why? What about her made you like her? I can
|understand that people would vote Kamala as the lesser of two evils but
|I can't understand why someone would be enthusiastic about her.
|u/yurr_its_diesel - 6 days
|
|Why are the democrats throwing blame? This is a genuine question. Why
|are supporters just blaming things like misogyny n such for the result.
|Instead of accepting the faults in the campaign by demonising and
|silencing average people who want their worries and concerns taken
|seriously
|u/UhOhFeministOnReddit - 6 days
|
|The centrist wing of the party didn't just alienate conservatives.
|They alienated progressives too. They pitted themselves against
|anyone who wasn't them. I'm a progressive. I'm not a fan of
|conservatives, but I still wanted them to have healthcare at the end
|of the day. I have family in the south, I know people hit hard by the
|opioid epidemic, and the kind of poverty people are dealing with. I
|may not agree with them, but I still want better for them. Liberals
|have never been those people, but they thought they were. Learning
|how little they've actually done, how many people they've actively
|hurt with their incremental bullshit, that's a tough pill to swallow.
|I had to do it when I jumped ship from liberalism to progressivism in
|2016, but I did manage. You just have to pull your head out of your
|ass.
|u/lynxminx - 6 days
|
|Biden took your worries and concerns seriously and pursued policies
|to protect you and make your life better. He might as well not have
|bothered.
|u/Snowtwo - 11 days
|
|Any idea when we'll get any info out of Nevada?
|u/newspapey - 11 days
|
|Nevada counts that way they do so that they don’t HAVE to count. They
|lock their ballots up and say “just let us know if you need us to
|count…” I’m kidding of course, but seriously, why tf take so long?
|And don’t tell me “cause blah blah”. Other stars simply do it better.
|u/Snowtwo - 11 days
|
|Maybe because they count their ballots via slot machine or
|something?
|u/Matrozi - 10 days
|
|You guys did it again, I can't believe it hahahahahah
|u/Gentle-Nation - 10 days
|
|Without calling the voters or the people who didn't vote stupid, why
|did Trump win?
|u/realKevinNash - 10 days
|
|IMO it's pretty clear, the voters want what he sold. Democrats focus
|heavily on small details. People didnt seem to care about those. They
|want a better life financially, you arent getting that with the
|policies the DNC is pushing that may improve life at some point but
|are not helping them now. Interview with
|[Latino](https://ew.com/john-leguizamo-goes-undercover-with-trump-
|leaning-latino-voters-the-daily-show-8738704) voters: >The actor
|tried to measure which issues mattered the most to the group, so he
|gave them each three chili pepper cutouts to hold up to signify their
|values. Every member of the group gave the economy three out of three
|chilis, whereas only a couple of them indicated that they strongly
|care about health care. > While wearing an elaborate disguise,
|Leguizamo asked the group what they like about Trump. "He's not
|evasive," one voter said. "It's pretty clear, I mean, this is someone
|that's been at the forefront for a very long time speaking his mind."
|>Another participant noted, "When he was in the government, the
|economy was better than we have it right now. That's the only part
|that I like." People have been complaining about politicians for a
|long time and the way they talk and how different they are from the
|common man or woman. The DNC is a party that right now is alienated
|from the common man or woman in a lot of ways whether they see it or
|not, whether that person wants to admit it or not. DJT says what he
|wants, whether it is pc or not. Truth is a lot of people wish they
|could IMO. They may not be honest about it but yeah they say things
|that would get them canceled and they dont like that whole spectrum
|of thought policing. You see elements of that in some
|[reporting](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj9j43890k7o) >And
|they believe they can reach these often fickle voters by putting
|Trump on shows hosted by people like ... Adin Ross, a livestreaming
|gamer who has repeatedly been banned from sites for violating rules
|on offensive language. >Daniel Cox, director of the Survey Center on
|American Life, part of the conservative American Enterprise Institute
|think tank, says that the political gender gap mirrors larger social
|divisions which have left many young men feeling like few politicians
|are looking out for them. >“These are very real concerns and there’s
|a sense in the political realm that nobody’s advocating for them,” he
|said. I actually agree as a Liberal. The DNC has focused on a number
|of groups and issues, but none of it focused towards the largest
|segment of society, the common everyday, middle class man. I think
|it's great the DNC focuses on the poor, but the poor are not probably
|going to get you elected. And the Democrats have done a good job of
|possibly alienating the high income people. And as a middle class
|black man I have heard NOTHING that the DNC will do for me directly.
|u/553l8008 - 10 days
|
|Have democrats considered not running women against trump?
|u/2Bit_Dev - 10 days
|
|Imagine if they did that and Tulsi Gabbard became the Republican
|nominee lol.
|u/The_Naked_Buddhist - 10 days
|
|Since I see many asking: if any American wants actual answers to
|questions about heading to the EU DM me, I'll answer best I can. Will
|warn you from Ireland and while I've traveled a lot not emigrated
|elsewhere. In Ireland I work with a lot of volunteer migrant groups. If
|you have generic questions I'm your guy, indepth legal questions you
|need another sub. In short though: 1. No we aren't a perfect bastion
|of ideals, racisim homphobia and wack jobs are everywhere. 2. Learn
|the language, you won't get far wthout this. 3. Accept the cultural
|norms will be very different. Some you wouldn't expect. As an example I
|usually give: in some countries nudity isn't taboo, went to one with
|friends for a trip and by the end we'd all seen each other naked due to
|this. I give this solely as an example of how these changes can be, and
|how they may seem uncomfortable to you. 4. This will be a lot of work
|for you. Be prepared of this is the route you want.
|u/Breizh87 - 10 days
|
|Serious question: What things do you believe will improve under Trump,
|and what apart from "he said so" do you base this on?
|u/touchmydutch - 10 days
|
|If you didn’t vote, why? And who would you have voted for?
|u/Suspicious-Bug774 - 10 days
|
|I think what helped Trump is that most of the Swifties are not voting
|age
|u/Appropriate_Set7762 - 10 days
|
|1. That's not true as 45% of Swifites are millennials 2. If you
|vote on a presidential candidate based on what a billionaire who can
|leave the country whenever she wants to tells you to do, than you're
|part of the problem
|u/BratzMangoo - 9 days
|
|Will reddit continue to be an echo chamber?
|u/cooter__1 - 9 days
|
|What happened to the 15 million votes Biden had in 2020 vs 2024….?
|u/InsertBluescreenHere - 9 days
|
|Exit polls showed 36% didnt vote for harris due to the handiling of
|gaza area. You cant go around bad mouthing trump about how he plans
|to handle it while also supplying bombs ammo and weapons to one
|side.
|u/CopingLiberal - 9 days
|
|Well that’s how they stole the election in 2020
|u/chutneychip - 8 days
|
|Anyone planning a trip to America in 2025 who is now reconsidering/not
|going anymore?
|u/Masterlet - 5 days
|
|How many Americans have *actually* moved to Canada after Trump's win in
|2016?
|u/JoosyToot - 4 days
|
|You'll come to find the ones screaming that nonsense don't have the
|money or skills required to go to another country.
|u/reddithatenonconform - 5 days
|
|Very few
|u/ColSurge - 5 days
|
|Essentially none outside of the normal immigration rate. There was no
|noticeable change in the rate after Trump was elected.
|u/Showdown5618 - 5 days
|
|About the same as any other year. Most of that talk is an emotional
|response, nothing too serious.
|u/Dapper_Lunch_9192 - 4 days
|
|Is anyone else just tired of all the talk? Is anyone else getting
|really sick of seeing all these elected officials talk about how Donald
|Trump is breaking the law or how bad it is going to be with him in
|charge. It makes me want to scream “SHUT UP AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT
|THEN!!” Instead it seems like they would rather narrate our demise.
|u/Sensual_Jessica - 2 days
|
|What if the U.S. election process becomes increasingly influenced by
|social media and misinformation—how can voters be protected from fake
|news?
|u/MopToddel - 2 days
|
|use different media sources, deliberately leave your bubble, use your
|brain, question both sides. If you WANT to be an informed voter,
|you CAN be. Most don't want to be. They want their biases and
|opinions confirmed.
|u/UhOhFeministOnReddit - 2 days
|
|They can't. They just have to be presented with a better argument. A
|lot of these voters just want to work 40 hours a week and have
|something to show for it. If Democrats could pull their heads out of
|their asses and legislate for someone besides wealthy 65 year olds,
|we'd be fine. That's all a lot of these voters want. Especially the
|ones that sat things out. This election wasn't a rebuke of left wing
|values. This was a rebuke of Neoliberalism that's been happening
|since 2016.
|u/Facelessman2024 - 11 days
|
|Regardless of who wins remember without congress they can’t really do
|too much . We need term limits so we don’t have the same people
|deciding our country’s policies for 20 plus years
|u/Liberal_Joker - 11 days
|
|Peanut sends his regards
|u/rcbs - 11 days
|
|RIP peanut
|u/icedtea027 - 11 days
|
|Non US citizen here. What is the impact on the world if Trump wins?
|u/dalcer - 11 days
|
|Usa stops helping ukraine Russia takes land and wants more Germany
|mobilizes all units Some austrian guy dies History ppl know the
|rest
|u/raiderkev - 11 days
|
|Seems like less if, more when. Ukraine is gift wrapped for Russia,
|along with all the weapons we gave them. Israel green lit to do
|whatever tf they want with Palestine. Fed chair/ possibly the
|entire fed replaced. Some shitty crypto probably becomes defacto
|currency
|u/thunderstruck025 - 11 days
|
|Worst case US goes full isolationist, leaves NATO. Putin takes
|Ukraine and annexes it. He gets bolder and without the US looks at
|Estonia, Latvia etc which are NATO. NATO vs Russia happens without
|the help of the US.
|u/Pyrollusion - 11 days
|
|Welp, looks like you guys shit the bed once more. I'd say we're
|disappointed, but this was sadly very much what the rest of the world
|came to expect.
|u/Johnny_Clay - 10 days
|
|Will the democrats finally learn from this? The world they want and
|the world that is actually achievable are two very different things.
|You can’t force a candidate through because you want to make history.
|You have to find the candidate with mass appeal who people in all
|corners of this country would be willing to vote for. Stop trying
|to shake things up. It’s only going to lead to more heartache in the
|future. Change is slow, stop trying to speed it up through force.
| And stop trying to troll the other party and think that’s going to
|have some kind of positive outcome. TLDR: Have a democratic
|presidential primary next time.
|u/rodrigo_i - 10 days
|
|Also, don't cover up the fact that your desired candidate is senile
|until it's so obvious even the US media can't ignore it and then try
|to remake an air-head ultra progressive into a serious moderate
|overnight and swap them in by fiat.
|u/Johnny_Clay - 10 days
|
|They kept Biden in there until it was too late to have a primary,
|so they could push Harris through. Which is the main reason the
|democrats lost. It was really a stupid move on their part.
|u/Tea_n_cigars - 11 days
|
|That’s a wrap, no?
|u/ANAnomaly3 - 11 days
|
|Upon seeing investigations into foreign troll bots/farms and
|propagandists, and upon knowing that they have a presence throughout
|social media, including here on Reddit.... What do you think about the
|theory that said troll farms have instigated intense arguments and hate
|towards eachother on both sides of the political spectrum in order to
|manipulate public perception of eachother to a degree of confusion?
|(Confusion and chaos are common psyop tactics, especially in certain
|countries.)
|u/Front-Asparagus-8071 - 11 days
|
|You can pay to harass people on the internet. Is there anyone who
|actually believes both parties aren't doing this? Yes people,
|foreign interests are in fact manipulating U.S. politics.
|u/BabySuperfreak - 11 days
|
|I kinda knew this would happen, but hoped anyway. I've watched
|Americans consistently become angrier and more bitter/hateful every
|year since around 2008. I don't know if it's social media, Boomers
|getting irrational in their old age, or some perfect storm of multiple
|factors. But either way Trump was always the symptom, not the
|problem. The problem is Americans themselves. They just suck.
|u/MajorApartment179 - 11 days
|
|>Boomers getting irrational in their old age interesting, I didn't
|think of that >The problem is Americans themselves. They just suck.
|reminds me of a george carlin bit about politicians, "The public
|sucks"
|u/BackInATracksuit - 11 days
|
|Dear America, What the fuck is wrong with you? All the best,
|Everyone else.
|u/Emotional-Worry2285 - 11 days
|
|I ask the same question, and I’m an American voter.
|u/Mogilny89Leafs - 11 days
|
|Reddit is more left than I originally thought. Reading here leading up
|to the election, you'd think Trump wouldn't get any votes. He's going
|to win this thing.
|u/Either_Cold1739 - 11 days
|
|It’s as left leaning as I thought. About 95% of the subreddits are
|hardcore liberal, to the point if you even give a neutral perspective
|you get shunned at least and banned at worst. Of course go to other
|social medial like FB and TikTok and it’s the exact opposite
|u/IPreferDiamonds - 11 days
|
|Reddit does not reflect real life.
|u/Superplex123 - 11 days
|
|Reddit is a bubble. A pretty big bubble, but a bubble nonetheless.
|And each subreddit is its own bubble.
|u/stop-corporatisation - 11 days
|
|When will the Epstein tapes and documents be revealed?
|u/Be_Very_Very_Still - 9 days
|
|Sat on my balls once.
|u/JoosyToot - 9 days
|
|Well see he never got around to making himself a fascist dictator so
|he totally gonna do it this time! /s
|u/1nstantHuman - 11 days
|
|How y'all holding up, are you nail biting through the election, how's
|election night going?
|u/Nekokamiguru - 11 days
|
|As of this current moment 270towin and The Hill are calling it a Trump
|Victory.
|u/The-Pope_Nextdoor - 11 days
|
|Americans of Reddit, now that Trump has won the election, how are you
|feeling?
|u/4LostSoulsinaBowl - 10 days
|
|I've felt shame in being an American a handful of times in my life.
|I've never felt shame like this. I'm so sorry for whatever comes
|next.
|u/lexicorn18 - 10 days
|
|Hopeless.
|u/MADEUPDINOSAURFACTS - 10 days
|
|As a non-American, I can say I am a bit disappointed. I felt like he
|would win as the independent polls were showing it was too close for
|comfort, but I didn't expect a clean sweep. Question for the room: do
|you think the Dems made the right choice in relieving Biden of his
|attempt at a second term? They got swept up in the "aging Biden"
|rhetoric that the GOP was slinging, however, America didn't really seem
|to care about that since Trump will be older than Biden when his term
|ends and is showing similar signs of cognitive decline (if not worse in
|some cases). Do you think Biden could have won if allowed or was this
|all a total Lucy in Charlie Brown moment that no matter how hard the
|Dems tried, the ball was always going to be yanked last second from
|their grasp?
|u/earth-ninja3 - 10 days
|
|It just became too obvious. The embarrassment was palpable. Biden
|could barely finish a sentence and couldnt hold a debate. it was so
|bad that they literally had no choice.
|u/starkel91 - 10 days
|
|I think the Dems made a big mistake not positioning a candidate for
|2024 shortly after Biden won, which he won by the slimmest of
|margins. Through a massively unpopular presidency they still stuck
|with Biden up until it became untenable. If Biden announced early
|on he was going to be a one term president and a successor has time
|to build support things could have been different. Instead it was a
|repeat of 2016 and 2020 of forcing candidates that weren’t super
|popular.
|u/fatowl - 10 days
|
|# disappointed humans, how are you handling texts/posts from the very
|happy trump supporters in your life today?
|u/Train_Computer - 10 days
|
|What is everybody's worst fear now that trump has won?
|u/Brandon_Won - 10 days
|
|That he actually will enact project 2025 and then Vance will use the
|25th amendment to remove him from office and someone without active
|brain damage will be in full control of the federal government with
|no checks or balances against them.
|u/Affectionate-Pie8620 - 10 days
|
|Humans of Reddit, be honest what's the reason you voted for President
|Kang?
|u/xkulp8 - 10 days
|
|I'd never vote for a glerm zarxdag such as Kodos.
|u/Ravengm - 10 days
|
|> I'm not trying demean, I'm just trying gauge if there is any common
|ground. In my head, there are easily a handful of specific policies
|that seemingly benefit most us, but they might just be so important
|to me that i assume most people would also care, but in reality they
|dont. Like, abolishing the EPA, or selling off some of our national
|parks for drilling or private acquisition. I'm not saying those will
|get proposed, but for the point of this discussion, we could assume
|they would. Realistically it's just a problem with immediacy. There
|are so many people that are fed up with the state of the country that
|voting for something where "things might get better in a decade or
|two" is really just a non-starter. Like, why continue to fund the EPA
|to fend off some nebulous Bad Thing that'll happen years from now,
|when we can lower taxes NOW to help citizens that are struggling?
|The common ground you're looking for between average working-class
|voters is wealth inequality and lack of safety nets. When people are
|struggling with basic necessities like the prices of gas and
|groceries they don't have the luxury of voting for higher taxes to
|enact long-term plans. The Democratic party has done practically
|nothing to assure people those problems would even be addressed, much
|less solved. Whereas one of the talking points for Trump's campaign
|was explicitly to reduce prices on necessary goods. The consequences
|of a short-term fix aren't really relevant when you can't pay your
|bills. > I hate that we might have areas that most of us can have
|common ground over, but we can never isolate those things because
|they only come bundled with stuff that a lot of don't want. All the
|more reason to break out of the two-party deadlock we're in.
|u/Repulsive_Rooster954 - 10 days
|
|As a democrat, what made you guys vote for Trump? Genuinely curious and
|I want to have a civil conversation about it.
|u/InsertBluescreenHere - 10 days
|
|I wrote my canidate in cuz im in IL where chicago chooses democrat
|every time sooo anyways i think i can shed some light in various
|aspects (its long sorry): So what i see and the democrats failed to
|realize is that working people are hurting financially. 60% of this
|country lives paycheck to paycheck. Thats 97 million people aged
|15-64. That means the cost of peanut butter, rent/taxes, various
|insurances, etc have a MAJOR effect in their home and reminded of it
|every single damn day. Its not fun budgeting for laundry detergent.
|It just keeps getting worse and no improvement under biden. These
|people dont have extra funds to invest in stocks for instance so
|economy and how well rich people are doing mean NOTHING. Democrats
|seem to be more worried about the illegals and giving them everything
|than actually addressing working peoples needs besides nah heres more
|taxes or fees. Property tax in my state increased 12-22% due to
|democrats and they just announced a 3 billion dollar shortcomming for
|the budget next year somehow. They spent 478 million dollars on just
|the asylum seekers in just 2 years, over 800 million if you count all
|the imfrastructure and other stuff. You dont spend the last 4
|years fearmongering about how the rights gonna become a dictator,
|youll never vote again, women lgbtq trans mexicans muslems will be
|rounded up and thrown in concentration camps, thier gonna burn down
|public schools, take your social security, then turn around and say
|but you dont need guns so were gonna ban em and entertain mandatory
|buybacks. Good luck! You also dont get to criticize trumps
|comments about gaza area while you still send bombs missiles ammo and
|guns to one side overthere and ignore what people are protesting
|about. Fast track to drive voters away irregardless what the other
|choice is saying. Theres a reason kamala got 5 MILLION less votes
|than biden. Polls indicated 34% of people didnt vote blue strictly
|because of that. Way to be disconnected. Its the wrath of the 2
|party system. Your struggiling with one you get so fed up and say
|fuck it and vote for the other cuz who cares i gotta buy toilet paper
|next week. Theres also the medias fault. Ever since kamala was
|forced on us (more on that elephant later) it was omg shes gonna save
|the country! Look at trump dance! Hes an idiot, anyone who doesnt
|agree with us are racist inbread nazis, kamalas gonna sweep the
|election! Her entire polotical campaign was "hey im not trump" and "
|i have the same policies as biden but with gun bans" as americans
|look at thier credit card bills and hope they got enough for
|rent...it also energized the right in thinking oh shit trump is a
|dumbfuck and babbilibg even worse now- kamalas sure to win. Early
|polls showed she had a huge lead in early voting both in person and
|mail in. They thought better vote red downballot so if she does we
|can gridlock her in the house/senate. The right underestimated how
|pissed off and lack of voter turn out for kamala was on voting day so
|heres how we got what we got. Now to an elephant in the room. The
|dnc absolutely robbed democrat voters from a primary. Full stop. We
|all knew he was failing but he/dnc thought they could weekend at
|bernie him till just passed the election. Right up until the 1st
|debate and it was omg get his ass off the stage, heres our puppet
|kamala instead. That pissed a ton of people off who in protest said
|fuck you i aint voting. Another elephant was the dnc assuming women
|and minorities would absolutely love her just because shes a woman
|and had those votes in the bag. Hello? Has the dnc been in an office
|full of women? Holy hell do they sometimes hate each other and hold
|the deepest grudges. They assumed since the dnc is just bending over
|backwards for illegal migrants and claiming sanctuary cities to save
|em the latino vote would just bow n worship them and did nothing to
|address thier issues. Hell no, the elegible voters had to work damn
|hard against a corrupt system for a long time to be able to vote!
|Same with blacks, chicago residents had all sorts of protests against
|the migrant tent cities the dnc just setup in thier backyards and in
|some cases disturbing contaminated soil posioning the residents
|drinking water....women and minorities are all individual people. Its
|completely assinine to assume by proping up a mixed race woman as a
|canidate they would fall in line and vote monolithically for her.
|Just my own views in a nutshell which might shed some light on it
|all. Im for open civil discussion and would love to hear from actual
|democrats why they didnt turn out as well. I was highly suprised to
|hear young white people even more voted for trump this time than in
|2020 is one big shock to me. I thought young people were trending
|even more blue...
|u/van4ssa - 10 days
|
|Thank you for your reply. It really sheds a light on why a voter
|would choose to vote for Trump.
|u/Repulsive_Rooster954 - 10 days
|
|genuinely the most thought out and well explained response i’ve
|ever heard from someone who’s voted for Trump. as a follow up
|question, I see all of your concerns and as a middle class person
|as well who also struggles, I’m a bit confused as to why you think
|Trump will get you out of it? I hear all of your concerns and I’m
|fed up with the democratic party as well and wish we had an
|alternative but i’m pretty damn sure the economy would be worse if
|the inflation was handled by trump. I’d really like to hear your
|perspective on that. Again, thanks for being civil and willing to
|have a normal conversation.
|u/ekw2667 - 9 days
|
|# Politician claims aside, is there a page with ALL the metrics they've
|each claimed so we can track as we progress? Like a dashboard or
|something? Would this help with backing claims that people forget on
|the fourth year when another election is happening? Politician claims
|aside, is there a page with ALL the metrics they've each claimed so we
|can track as we progress? Like a dashboard or something? Would this
|help with backing claims that people forget on the fourth year when
|another election is happening?
|u/Cool_Juice_4608 - 12 hours
|
|Can Donald Trump grow a beard? And has he ever done so before?
|u/gonegonegoneaway211 - 10 hours
|
|Asking the real questions.
|u/NewMonth7855 - 11 hours
|
|I have never thought of this but now I can’t stop thinking about it
|u/CostSoLow - 11 days
|
|How to win an election in the US: Talk good and showboat. Not policies,
|not capability. It's all about image and knowing how to run your mouth
|to appeal to emotions.
|u/harrythebau5 - 11 days
|
|"Talk good" would imply he's able to string a coherent sentence
|together. Which he is not.
|u/No-Investment-4494 - 10 days
|
|So now that Donald Trump has returned to the presidency, how might he
|handle those who criticized, prosecuted, or disagreed with him? Would
|he push for investigations into political opponents, issue pardons for
|allies, restructure federal agencies like the DOJ and FBI, rally his
|base by denouncing critics, or cut funding to institutions led by
|opponents? Could these actions be viewed as retribution by his
|critics, while his supporters see them as fulfilling promises to
|challenge the establishment?
|u/ColSurge - 10 days
|
|That's exactly it. Despite what people will try and claim, reddit has
|a very strong liberal bias.
|u/MrBiscotti_75 - 10 days
|
|Reddit trends left wing by American standards, so it tends to an echo
|chamber. On to the election: no American president has been reelected
|during a time of high inflation. I can't recall the exact %. Harris
|never had a dedicated base of supporters, i.e. Elizabeth Warren.
|u/BlaineCraner - 10 days
|
|Social media isn't reality. A comment can have a hundred thousand
|upvotes, and it'll mean nothing. Don't base anything on social media.
|u/ojisan-X - 11 days
|
|I mean at this point it's just sad that people think current economy is
|all Biden's fault and Trump can somehow make it better. Obama brought
|back the economy from the 2008 lows which peaked right about when he
|left, Trump of course took credit for years that followed, removed safe
|guards that Obama put in place to avoid the 2008 disaster from
|happening again, and last but not least took part in limiting oil
|supply during the pandemic that shot up the prices as he left office.
|The whole mess was then dumped on Biden, who took the blunt of
|inflation resulting from Trump's mistakes, and as we slowly recover, we
|are about to repeat the cycle again. Since the performance of president
|is based on economy at the time of presidency for a lot of people, even
|the smartest, successful president will not be liked no matter how
|their policy improved the economy years after they leave. Rinse and
|repeat. They should've gave Trump the second term just so people can
|see the failure of a president he was.
|u/Helpful_Badger3106 - 11 days
|
|# Do you think the election results are a wake-up call for Reddit and
|how out of touch it is?
|u/Echelon64 - 10 days
|
|They're too busy blaming blaming everyone but themselves.
|u/Appropriate_Plan4595 - 11 days
|
|As a European just waking up, I have to ask, America, what the fuck?
|u/Hopeful_Ad_4343 - 10 days
|
|The Democratic Party's handling of this situation was profoundly
|disappointing. It was particularly disheartening to see Vice President
|Harris decline to address her supporters in person after the loss,
|opting instead to send a longtime Democratic official to convey the
|message to "go home and get some rest." This decision, unfortunately,
|speaks volumes about her character and commitment to those who stood by
|her throughout the campaign.
|u/chaybani - 10 days
|
|My question is genuinely why are Redditors surprised?. When you
|surround yourself exclusively by like minded people in an echo chamber
|and just jerk each other off and you downvote every comment or even
|remove every major post talking about the other political figure in
|the big subs (looking at you r/pics and so on), you make yourself
|delusional about the happenings in the real world. Downvoting someone
|won’t make your favorite candidate win, voting will. So either you
|didn’t vote, were lying to yourself the whole time, or the real world
|in the US functioned very differently than what Reddit claims (I tend
|to believe this one the most). I am not American nor live in the US but
|frequenting Reddit in the last 3 months made you firmly believe that
|trump was cooked…..Redditors just never learn.
|u/ILoveFent1 - 11 days
|
|Reddits just a leftist echo chamber. Whether they want to admit it or
|not, it’s the same shit as twitter just for a different candidate. If
|some loser on here actually thought Reddit was a good prediction,
|they probably just sit on this website for 10 hours a day.
|u/KingDave46 - 11 days
|
|Reddit is heavily left because younger people generally lean that way
|It’s why your parents post all the AI generated right wing stuff on
|Facebook. It’s just where different demographics congregate
|u/ItMathematics - 11 days
|
|Yep, go about 10 minutes outside of city limits and talk to people.
|Reddit is one horribly large echo chamber.
|u/Sufficient-Spinach-2 - 11 days
|
|Well there was proof in 2016 and 2020 but 3rd times the charm?
|u/GrowYourConscious - 11 days
|
|GG guys, I hope you enjoyed your echo chamber.
|u/orlybatman - 11 days
|
|If you look at the 2020 and 2016 maps, the states which have reported
|so far haven't changed from those two elections. Trump's early lead is
|coming from red states, but as more blue states report in it will close
|the gap. California alone is worth 54 and the majority of those will be
|going to Harris.
|u/ukcats12 - 11 days
|
|> If you look at the 2020 and 2016 maps, the states which have
|reported so far haven't changed from those two elections. It's not
|about who has won so far, it's about the margin of victory. Trump is
|outperforming his 2020 numbers in tons of places, which is bad news
|for Harris. VA shouldn't be this close. [There are a lot of red
|arrows on this map.](https://imgur.com/Ea4Nhz3)
|u/Tea_n_cigars - 11 days
|
|I totally forgot Alaska even voted for a second, lmao. What an odd
|appendix they are. The democrats are completely at fault if Trump wins
|again. They keep feeding him establishment puppets instead of their
|strongest people. They’re handing him the election and people on the
|left should feel their intelligence has been insulted.
|u/orlybatman - 11 days
|
|They also ran their campaign far too focused on trying to convince
|people Trump is horrible, rather than saying what *they* would do
|instead with the White House. Anyone who has been paying attention
|over the past 9 years has been hearing how awful Trump is the whole
|time. They already knew. What they wanted to know was what could the
|alternative be? "Not Trump" isn't a good enough answer.
|u/Tea_n_cigars - 11 days
|
|Like… I don’t want to take a stance to defend Trump, but the
|propaganda was completely over-the-top. Like 75% of the articles
|and headlines were totally misconstrued and it made them look
|desperate and kinda juvenile. Exactly, everyone knows who Trump
|is, and making your whole campaign about the other candidate is the
|most cowardly and concerning way to do it. They were literally
|distracting everyone from the fact that Kamala has nothing to say.
|They kept her away from interviews and distracted everyone with
|headlines. “PaY nO aTtEnTiOn To ThE MaN bEhInD tHe CuRtAiN” They
|fucked all y’all by not having a primary, and most just lapped it
|up. Fucking depressing. E: if you need any evidence that the
|government has no idea what they’re doing and you should never
|trust them to manage your life, look at the Harris campaign. I’m
|not conservative about most things, but small government, personal
|accountability, and “it takes a village…” is the best way we
|function.
|u/jackie-daytona7 - 11 days
|
|Can someone explain to me how on earth Harris has done worse with
|female voters than Biden did in 2020? That is utterly baffling
|considering what has happened since then
|u/UhOhFeministOnReddit - 11 days
|
|So, unfortunately, abortion wasn't a huge issue at the forefront of
|the average voter's mind during this election, it was the economy.
|Even me, being who I am, can't blame a lot of voters for being mad as
|hell about the inflation. I had to pay $11 for a jar of olives at one
|point. I'm an economically comfortable person, and that shit nearly
|gave me a stroke. I don't know how people who are struggling are
|coping with this economy. Do I think Trump is going to fix it?
|Absolutely fucking not, it's why I voted for Kamala. What I think is
|that it's time for the Democratic party to have a very long talk
|about where all this corporatism has gotten us. Because we did just
|have a man sit in office for four years letting American families get
|absolutely boned by inflation and poverty wages and didn't do shit.
|Then they didn't even get a primary to voice their discontent in. it
|was not the move. We fucked up and we need to own up to that.
|u/EvolvedSplicer68 - 11 days
|
|“Democracies get the leaders they deserve” I was feeling anxious
|about this as a non-American, but over time I have embraced the fact
|that there’s nothing many of us could do. Even with a Trump
|presidency as bad as it could be, there’s still going to be good people
|out there fighting back. Don’t lose hope, change is a part of life, for
|better or worse
|u/_-Demonic-_ - 10 days
|
|I am baffled by the way the election system works at times. I am
|very amazed by the fact that; A convicted person does not have a
|right to vote in many of the states. (only 4 states allow voting
|regardless of your criminal record) But a person who is convicted is
|allowed to run for president and lead the country. Am i the only one
|who thinks this is really really weird? You cant vote if you're a
|criminal , or some states; have a criminal record all together But
|You can be put up for election if you're a criminal, or have a criminal
|record. I don't even brain anymore.
|u/Amiiboid - 10 days
|
|The rationale here is that if a felony conviction was disqualifying
|then a corrupt government could eliminate its opposition by having
|them convicted on some made up charge.
|u/_-Demonic-_ - 10 days
|
|thanks for the input. I understand that its undesirable to
|have people abusing the legal system for political gains.
|Then again; How about people abusing the political system for legal
|gains? It's been made very clear that during his term, when he
|supposedly commited crimes, the political power "helped" him in the
|process. I get the feeling this is a double standard. If
|criminals cant have a say in the election , why would criminals
|have a say in the election/future of the country as a candidate?
|u/Amiiboid - 10 days
|
|I should point out here that the disenfranchisement of felons is
|a very controversial topic, in no small part because it *has*
|been used as a political weapon.
|u/bugbugladybug - 10 days
|
|I'm sure I saw a pic of him voting yesterday? Should he have been
|blocked, or is there special rules for those who are ex-presidents or
|running?
|u/Thick_Basil3589 - 11 days
|
|US didn't learn about the story of Russia, North-Korea or China. Or if
|someone is interested in Hungary. These countries turned into
|dictatorships with electing once a narcissistic psychopath. If you look
|into what happened in Hungary, you guys soon won't have any more
|elections.
|u/Emotional-Worry2285 - 11 days
|
|I truly wish our education system emphasized history and how
|dictators rise to power by overtaking democracy.
|u/FknDesmadreALV - 11 days
|
|Everything is going according to Russian plans. The Cold War never
|ended. It just got quiet.
|u/xX_420DemonLord69_Xx - 11 days
|
|I guess r/pics can go back to normal now.
|u/Disk-Kooky - 10 days
|
|Why is Reddit full of american Dems? And why it's the opposite in
|Youtube? Can anyone tell me? Dems here are delusional idiots and I am
|not even American.
|u/LunaLovegoodRocks - 11 days
|
|the difference in Wisconsin right now is literally 1,000 votes
|u/TheBassMeister - 11 days
|
|I don't know how I feel that the Senate has flipped to a Republican
|control, the House might also be under Republican control and Trump
|will win the election (CNN just called Pennsylvania for him). Imho it
|is good that there would be at least one part of the government to keep
|the leading party in check. Of course in the end if that is what the
|majority of American people want, this is what they are getting.
|u/orlybatman - 11 days
|
|Depending on how things go they could control the White House, the
|Senate, the House, as well as the Supreme Court. That's no checks or
|barriers on them for years.
|u/JeanJauresJr - 9 days
|
|Asking Democrats/Liberals: if Trump is so racist/anti-Latino, why’d he
|win so much of the Latino vote?
|u/Be_Very_Very_Still - 9 days
|
|If you were a Latino immigrant who followed all the procedures to
|come to America and become an American, I have to imagine you'd not
|be thrilled at the prospect of handing everyone who didn't papers and
|calling it a day.
|u/Assist-Fearless - 11 days
|
|Reddit can't predict elections. Some of you are stuck in an alternative
|reality.
|u/SkarrFox94 - 10 days
|
|So why do you think the Democrats lost so hard this year? Simply
|put i think it’s because they put a status quo president vs a wildcard.
|The status quo isnt working for most so the wildcard was chosen cuz who
|else was running?
|u/wlknDreamer - 10 days
|
|Republicans of Reddit who make up the majority of our country, what
|should we expect from your recent choice?
|u/Lintopa - 10 days
|
|I'm legit curious, those of you who voted for Donald Trump, why did you
|vote for him? (Keep things civil please)
|u/enterprise3755 - 10 days
|
|A rejection of the notion that democrats could slide in a candidate
|without a primary and she was quickly exposed as not ready for the
|job.
|u/Jakeetz - 10 days
|
|No tax on overtime
|u/Klippy1107 - 10 days
|
|It was a referendum on the democratic platform. I support a lot of
|left-wing policy, but they put in a candidate that failed to
|communicate and lacked any backbone. If you question it, you are
|cancelled and labeled a racist, homophobic, misogynistic, bigot,
|nazi. People are sick of it.
|u/553l8008 - 10 days
|
|How do you feel about trump being 2-0, undefeated against women in
|presidential races?
|u/Subject-Estimate6187 - 10 days
|
|I would like to ask to people who voted in the following order: and why
|1) Trump (2016) -> Biden (2020) -> Trump (2024) 2) Clinton (2016) ->
|Trump (2020 and 2024) 3) Clinton (2016) -> Biden (2020) -> Trump
|(2024) 4) Trump (2016/2020) -> Harris (2024)
|u/CA-PDX21 - 10 days
|
|Given Trump’s age, what will a JD Vance Presidency look like should I
|come to it? Is he the “heir” to Trumpism?
|u/reggiebags - 10 days
|
|Well, we know he hates Donald Trump, but also has no conviction to
|his morals, so he'll probably pander to Trump's supporters in hopes
|of staying in office for his ego. I just told someone that Trump
|will probably be removed from office before 2028 due to his declining
|cognition.
|u/Kevin-W - 10 days
|
|It's hard to say. Vance doesn't the cult following that Trump has and
|mainly will do anything to get the big chair so to say.
|u/No-Living9970 - 10 days
|
|Can anyone explain how woman are losing their rights under Trump? I’m
|fairly new to politics so I am just trying to learn. I keep seeing it
|on the internet but with no explanation.
|u/Born-Information8506 - 10 days
|
|Trump nominated 3 justices to the Supreme Court (there is 9 total) in
|his 1st term, these appointments are for life and only open up if a
|justice dies or retires willingly. With these 3 appointments it gave
|conservatives a 6-3 super majority In 2022 these conservative
|justices overturned a case called "Roe v. Wade" which had stood as
|precedent since 1976 and allowed federal level abortion protections
|for women. With it being overturned there is no federal protection
|for women's abortion rights At that point the rules for abortion
|depend on the state you live in. Many many states with conservatives
|in power made radical and heavily restrictive abortion bans. These
|bans so far have backfired heavily (who could've guessed) with
|mortality rates skyrocketing almost immedietly, with many women
|needing urgent medical care dying from pregnancy complications, going
|septic, etc. Doctors and medical professionals are afraid to act due
|to the possibility of getting sued/loosing their license to practice
|medicine or charged with a crime The thing is though when the
|justices were "interviewed" by congress members and were asked about
|Roe v. Wade all 3 of those justices said they "wouldn't dare touch
|Roe, it's a super precedent" but they still overturned it anyway,
|basically put...they lied Trump is now saying he doesn't want a
|national ban on abortion, but trump is a literal proven liar so his
|words hold no water, especially since Roe v. Wade was literally
|overturned taking away federal protections So that's why people are
|saying women's rights are being taken away, federal protections were
|removed by trump appointed people, state level conservatives put
|abortion bans in place which is causing many to die.
|u/Due_Yard_6513 - 10 days
|
|What made Kamala lose this election compared to Biden winning in 2020?
|What did people see in Trump that Kamala did not have?
|u/FearTheKeflex - 10 days
|
|In hindsight, Biden really fucked over the Democrats. Had he
|announced at the beginning that he was only serving one term, then
|they could vetted and worked up support among different candidates
|over 4 years then had primaries and pick someone Americans were
|excited about. Instead, since he waited too long before dropping out,
|Democrats were forced to just pick someone and hope it worked out.
|u/VenConmigo - 10 days
|
|Sometimes I wonder what could have happened if he never did the
|debate in June.
|u/Aivoke117 - 10 days
|
|How was the reddit's vibe after 2016 election when compared to 2024? I
|didn't use reddit back then so just interested are we repeating the
|same formula.
|u/Flimsy_Ad_9078 - 9 days
|
|As a non American citizen, I would like to understand the election
|results better and the dynamics at play. Americans, what everyday
|experiences do you believe have led to this outcome, or have led you to
|vote republican? I struggle to believe that so many of the American
|people are inheretly racist or homophobic - common characterizations
|I've seen online for those who vote republican. Would love to gain
|insight and do not wish to start or contribute to any hatefull
|dialogue. Thank you!
|u/Junglepass - 8 days
|
|If you voted for Biden, then voted for Trump or stayed home, why?
|u/heatmiser_bxl - 8 days
|
|# About US political system. How come the President can pick the
|Supreme Court judges? Isn't this a sure way of politicising such an
|important institution?
|u/Dalewyn - 8 days
|
|The three branches of Federal government keep each other in check.
|Judges (not just Supreme Court Justices) are appointed by the
|President and either confirmed or rejected by the Senate. The courts
|in turn keep the actions of Congress and the President within the
|confines of the Constitution.
|u/VespaLimeGreen - 8 days
|
|Do you believe the killing of Peanut the squirrel gave a last minute
|boost to Trump to win the elections? In my country (Argentina) we
|don't watch much about daily matters in US politics, but we received
|news about the killing of Peanut the squirrel, and let me tell you, we
|instantly became very angry about it, there was a huge uproar in
|Argentine social media, to demand justice. Do you believe this matter
|also affected the US presidential elections, giving Trump a last minute
|boost to defeat Harris? Let me know your opinion. I read you... 🐿️🖤
|u/RGSF150 - 8 days
|
|I don't think it mattered as much as other serious topics such as
|immigration. But I will say that if I had a nickel for everytime
|Trump won after an animal getting killed made headlines, I'll have
|two nickels. It isn't a lot but it's weird it happened twice
|u/Wild-Ocelot-3301 - 7 days
|
|Yo what if Andrew Tate ran as a candidate for the Republicans in 2028?
|u/AdagioMuted1050 - 7 days
|
|democrats who voted for biden in 2020 but didn't vote for harris this
|year, why not?
|u/Expensive_Emotion_64 - 7 days
|
|I’ve seen so many comments that democrats are surprised they lost
|because they were in a bubble. If that’s the case, where’d the bubble
|go? No one else find it incredibly weird that the day before the
|election, their feeds were full of support for Kamala and the day after
|it’s all just gone? I have to scroll to find anything related to the
|election, where as before it was every single post. I understand that
|the algorithms control what I see but this feels suspicious, strange-
|not sure what the best adjective is to be honest.
|u/LeatherFruitPF - 7 days
|
|For many, the bubble burst. The whiplash of the outcomes vs. the
|expectations was so stark that many couldn’t deny being in a bubble.
|u/Kanonizator - 6 days
|
|The botfarms and paid commenters are not paid any more. About 10% of
|the movement was organic, the other 90% was an illusion.
|u/TechNhieSean - 4 days
|
|Canadian citizen born in the Philippines here. Did the democrats really
|abandon the working class as per Bernie Sanders? Aren’t a large group
|of the working class either work 8 hours to even 16 or so hours to make
|ends meet? How would they even have the time and energy to tune in to
|politics and spend more of their time researching and fact-checking
|each and every claim? It's difficult to blame some voters of apathy
|and/or stupidity because of this. Don't really know how I'm weirdly sad
|about the events as it's probably has little or no effect on me anyway,
|but I really want to make sense of what happened in the US.
|u/reddithatenonconform - 4 days
|
|> abandon the working class Yeah, like decades ago
|u/Krazyine - 4 days
|
|I can't find the video but shortly after the election I saw a guy
|explain it really well. Kamala focused to much on social issues. To
|little on economics. She had an economic plan... I think? See that's
|the thing I actually don't know if she did. I had never heard her say
|anything about it until after the election and people pointed out it
|was better than trumps. If I didn't know about it how would the
|average working American know. Like you said they don't have time to
|research that. They hear what's pushed on TV or social media. Which
|for Harris wasn't anything economically. Which for swing state voters
|doesn't work. Because how Americans see trump is how swing state
|voters see every single politician
|u/theeblackdahlia - 4 days
|
|If you could have anyone as president, who would you choose?
|u/InVultusSolis - 3 days
|
|Jon Stewart
|u/serious-MED101 - 3 days
|
|# How would you describe your misery/happiness post-election?
|u/jayfourzee - 2 days
|
|IT HAPPENED!!!!! FFS, RFK Jr. is the new HHS!!!!
|u/Rainbow_Dragonfly - 1 day
|
|If trump was a furry which animal would he be?
|u/Exciting_Mia_XYZ - 7 hours
|
|*No matter who wins, remember that democracy only works when we stay
|engaged beyond election day*
|u/hahathicc - 11 days
|
|What the fuck is wrong with America
|u/BabySuperfreak - 11 days
|
|We're going through another period of isolationism. Especially with
|our domestic situation getting pretty bad, a lot of the uneducated
|blame "globalism" and foreigners for everything. Republicans
|deliberately preyed on that. Meanwhile I promise you they do not have
|any actual plan to improve things here.
|u/6thReplacementMonkey - 10 days
|
|We have a lot of stupid, lazy, and evil people. Waaaaay more than
|most people would guess.
|u/harrythebau5 - 11 days
|
|Lead poisoning
|u/fache - 11 days
|
|Dude I’ve been ringing the lead bells for years now. It’s basically
|a mental illness at this point and they all have it if they’re old
|enough.
|u/UhOhFeministOnReddit - 11 days
|
|I have said this so earnestly, so many times. People do not
|understand just how little removal was done, especially in middle
|America. Almost every area that put in the work swings blue, you're
|telling the truth goddamnit.
|u/Haunting-Breadfruit9 - 11 days
|
|This is an American equivalent to BREXIT - I used to think that America
|was the place I would like to be most in the world but now it’s a
|different story. I see money is king and equals good there. If you’re
|poor that’s your problem and you deserve to be. They are world class
|bullies and hypocrites. Idiocracy/facism has arrived. For all the nice
|Americans out there, I am genuinely sorry for you.
|u/PJHFortyTwo - 11 days
|
|2016 was an American equivalent to Brexit This is an American
|equivalent to putting Hitler in power after the Beer Hall Putsch
|u/deluxeAbe - 11 days
|
|The problem with this statement is that most of the simpletons who
|voted for Trump have no idea what the Beer Hall Putsch was. They
|probably think "beer! Yeah!".
|u/Midwest-HVYIND-Guy - 11 days
|
|As a swing state resident in a county that flipped from Biden to Trump
|this year I will say this. The economy absolutely destroyed the
|Biden/Walz ticket. People aren’t happy their take home pay and
|purchasing power are down.
|u/CompulsiveCreative - 11 days
|
|So the reaction is to vote for the people who will only embolden
|corporations to squeeze more profits and disenfranchise workers even
|more? Shit move, America.
|u/Tea_n_cigars - 11 days
|
|Hate to say it, but that’s literally the worst thing you can do if
|you wanna get reelected… make people have less purchasing power.
|Doubly hate to say it, the middle class getting dicked like never
|before and a border letting in lethal narcotics (I know several
|people that have died) are very valid concerns. I just don’t know why
|they decided to fucking blow it like that.
|u/NumbSurprise - 11 days
|
|And if you really think Trump will do anything that’s going to
|improve your take home pay or buying power, you are utterly out of
|your mind. He’ll give away more trillions to corporations, and impose
|tariffs to protect them. That’s not going to benefit the average
|American in any way whatsoever.
|u/OldWolf2 - 11 days
|
|So many comments not understanding the difference between media
|predictions and actual counting results ... mouse over the state and
|it will show what % has been counted
|u/Kalse1229 - 11 days
|
|And the west coast haven't even begin publishing their reports. I
|remember in 2020 at one point it looked like PA and GA were gonna go
|red, but they eventually went blue. I don't know if it'll take as
|long as then, but there's still time. Christ I'm starting to sound
|like my 2016 self.
|u/HomeworkDue1802 - 10 days
|
|How does a convicted felon, with open cases, become president, when
|voting privileges are revoked or suspended when you are convicted?
|u/Legitimate-Cock-7008 - 8 days
|
|Who else is happy Trump won and is getting a sense of schadenfreude
|reading all these people having meltdowns about it? I haven't laughed
|this hard at people since 2016
|u/otaku316 - 7 days
|
|Their reactions is something straight out of Lovecraft. Severe mental
|health issues mixed with aggressive propaganda by the media is not a
|good mix.
|u/hmmgross - 7 days
|
|I'd like to compare Leftist rhetoric (specifically on news and social
|media) to that old Malcom in the Middle scene from Family Guy with
|the mother screaming at everyone. This election felt like how that
|scene ends. It's been years of top tier explosive insults and it has
|largely been directed at the supporters along with the candidate.
|Getting the popular AND electoral vote is very satisfying. However, I
|truly am saddened by how far people have been warped by their
|interwebs echo chambers. The fear mongering needs to stop.
|u/Legitimate-Cock-7008 - 7 days
|
|What blows me away is seeing people proudly post that theyre
|disowning friends and even family over the way they vote, and
|they're being applauded for it. It's so baffling
|u/WorstAdviceEva - 10 days
|
|Some observations: 1.) far fewer voters in 2024 than in 2020 (at least
|10M fewer, maybe closer to 20M) 2.) sitting VPs are at a disadvantage
|when the president they served under is unpopular (Biden is unpopular,
|while Obama, the president he served under, was popular) 3.) Trump’s
|campaign did an excellent job of exploiting DNC weaknesses (i.e.,
|immigration & transgender rights). Harris’ campaign did the same with
|abortion, but spent too much time on things that most uninformed voters
|(those that swung the election) don’t care about or don’t understand
|(i.e., Project 2025 needed to be simplified to be attacked) 4.) the
|hispanic demographic (which realistically is not a singular
|demographic) voted for Trump over Harris, presumably for the
|immigration issue (I do not understand this one) 5.) Harris was likely
|not the best candidate (or even a good candidate). Had Biden dropped
|out prior to primary, the Democrats would likely have had a much better
|chance at the White House 6.) Tim Walz as a VP candidate was a gambit
|at gaining traction in rural areas. This strategy doesn’t make sense.
|You play to your strengths not your weaknesses.
|u/cat_kitty-kittenx - 10 days
|
|Im from the UK.... all we hear is that trump is basically an orange
|bafoon convicted of rigging the last election, sexual harassment,
|stopping immigration and building the wall. If he is so bad... why has
|America voted him in again as president ??
|u/Dramatic_Tiger_7348 - 10 days
|
|Because our country is being invaded via the border. Our country is
|sending money to far away lands. We are on the brink of ww3. Kamala
|is playing both sides of the fence when it comes to Israel. She
|didn’t get one primary vote. She wants to get rid of free speech.
|But orange man is the threat to democracy.
|u/melonpoly - 10 days
|
|Why did the UK vote for Boris? Why did they vote for Brexit?
|u/pizzapit - 7 days
|
|I've asked every trumper, I know why they would consider voting for him
|when every the point he made was terrible culture war and damaging.
|They all said his economic policies. As far as I can tell, he has no
|economic policies. Other than tax cuts for the extremely wealthy and
|tariffs that would hurt everybody. What policies? If any, could they
|possibly be speaking of? Does he have any good ones or ones that could
|even sound decent?
|u/lsdbible - 7 days
|
|Fuck em both. How are you gonna improve your life and those around you
|over the next 4 years?
|u/thecescshow - 10 days
|
|This is probably THE best example of how much of an echo chamber, not
|just reddit, but the whole internet is. All i hear leading up to this
|day was how it's too close to call, not to mention the glowing
|positivity surrounding Kamala. Not only she lost electoral votes, she
|also lost the popular votes lol. Got completely stomped. Even Hillary
|did better lol.
|u/ernest-cummingway - 10 days
|
|Naah r/pics is wilding right now 💀 sort by "New" and witness the chaos!
|u/stupidusernamefield - 11 days
|
|r/politics is the biggest pile of bullshit on the internet. For weeks
|constant posts about how democrats would win. Polls showing her
|winning. Posts about Trump losing. Then voting day and it's all shown
|to be a huge lie. Reddit mods needs to be removed so all sides can
|post.
|u/JoosyToot - 11 days
|
|Redditors getting a crash course on how much propaganda they've been
|fed the past couple months from the Kamala camp
|u/Front-Asparagus-8071 - 11 days
|
|And she raised over a billion dollars in campaign money as well.
|u/industriousalbs - 11 days
|
|America, what the fuck is going on? How devolved has your country
|become?
|u/Nekokamiguru - 11 days
|
|As an Australian I have noticed a few reccuring trends in this election
|. 1: Urban areas tend to vote Democrat 2: Rural areas tend to vote
|Republican (this is especially notable in the so called 'flyover
|states') 3: Areas that did well economically under Biden are now
|voting for Harris 4: Areas that did poorly economically under Biden
|are now voting for Trump. (Self interest? winners want to win more and
|keep things the way they are , while losers want to change things up?)
|u/Hairy_S_TrueMan - 11 days
|
|This is pretty off the mark - the whole country basically swung a few
|points towards Trump. We're not seeing increased support for Harris
|almost anywhere compared to 2020
|u/muskieguy13 - 11 days
|
|This is tough to message, but the economy and inflation here are
|better than literally everywhere else in the world dealing with the
|same issues coming out of the post covid recession. It FEELS bad,
|but it's literally better than anywhere else.
|u/samspeachcakes - 11 days
|
|That’s what’s so frustrating. You can tell people that all day
|long and have all the data to prove it. But if people still feel
|the hurt, that’s all that matters. The economy is impressively
|solid considering the circumstances. But you can’t change the
|circumstances. And basically being the incumbent puts you at a
|huge disadvantage.
|u/eats_broken_glass - 11 days
|
|I upvoted tens of thousands of pro-Kamala posts in r/pics and
|r/popular. Why isn't she winning???
|u/IrishSpiceBag - 11 days
|
|I voted for Harris because I cannot stand Trump but…..It’s pretty
|pathetic that the Democrats have not been able to put up even a semi
|decent candidate in almost 2 decades. Whether people want to accept it
|or not, getting a woman elected in this country is not going to be
|easy, and it’s going to be even more difficult for a woman of color. It
|never really felt like she had a chance in hindsight. I don’t agree
|with it but that’s the reality of it. I do not have any political
|party association but the democrats better figure it out. As a 29 year
|old male, I am worried about the future for not only myself but for my
|future children and their rights as citizens in this country. It’s
|turned into a joke
|u/SussySussySusSus - 11 days
|
|Welp, guess that's that. Goodbye, y'all have a good one.
|u/FL_Squirtle - 10 days
|
|It feels like Trump supporters drank the entire supply of coolaid and
|never looked back 🤦♀️🤦♀️
|u/MajorApartment179 - 10 days
|
|It seemed like midway through Biden's presidency, Trump was less
|popular People started liking Trump more when Kamala became the
|candidate
|u/FL_Squirtle - 10 days
|
|Yup. Harris is a decent candidate but not against Trump. Biden
|also needed to step down and announce he wasn't running a second
|term as soon as possible. Not way towards the end of the race like
|he did. 🤦♀️ Dems fkd everyone over by their horrible tactics.
|u/DonAsiago - 10 days
|
|People who voted for Trump, why did you do it despite the controversies
|?
|u/ColSurge - 10 days
|
|Everyone here is aksing "why did so many people vote for Trump?" If we
|look at the numbers less people voted for Trump this election than in
|2020. This election was not a result of a swell of support for Trump,
|it was clearly a lack of support for Harris. As compared to the 2020
|election: * 2.5 million fewer people voted for Trump. * 15 million
|fewer people voted for Harris than for Biden The real question to be
|asked is not "why did Republicans vote for Trump" (because less did),
|it's "why didn't democrats vote for Harris"?
|u/MovingWaldo1 - 10 days
|
|For all those "moving to Canada if Trump wins again".. what’s the plan
|this time around?
|u/Complete_Upstairs382 - 10 days
|
|The Canadian immigration website crashed already once today due to
|extremely high number of hits.
|u/rememor8899 - 10 days
|
|I don’t want Americans moving to Canada. We should build a wall. /s
|u/OliWood - 10 days
|
|Make Americans pay for it.
|u/Squarebody7987 - 10 days
|
|Empty threats as usual.
|u/pikonpow - 10 days
|
|How the actual flying fuck did he get in office. I'm fucking tired
|boss...
|u/Amigosmama - 9 days
|
|Can we take all those blue voting Americans looking to move to Canada
|and trade for all the Canadians who are in love with the orange
|buffoon? Win/win
|u/Shade_Hills - 9 days
|
|YES.
|u/Silent-Breakfast2686 - 11 days
|
|Fellow Americans, who are you voting for in this election? Jk. Thanks
|for making this so we’re hopefully done with the same 3 questions being
|reposted every 5 minutes
|u/Delicious-Recipe-977 - 11 days
|
|Here we go guys. About 20 minutes. Time to see how fucked we are for
|the next few years+
|u/Sablemint - 11 days
|
|No, there's no realistic way we'll know before 10:00 eastern. And
|thats like the earliest possible, probably won't be til later.
|u/ProfessionalOwn5490 - 11 days
|
|How would this affect South Korean and nuclear weapons? Will Trump
|cause uncertainty in the military tension between the two Koreas?
|u/NSC858 - 11 days
|
|In years past I always just listened to the presidential debates,
|looked at what they plan to do, and just voted for who I thought was
|the best candidate. Never got too into debating with friends and family
|because what I remember in my Political Science classes my take away
|was I had no desire to ever want to have a career in politics. Has it
|always been like this with the tribalism between the two big parties
|that people get uncivilized and start trash talking like they do in
|sports? Has it always been like this, but social media just magnifies
|and gives people a platform to just be an ass?
|u/Front-Asparagus-8071 - 11 days
|
|We've literally fought wars over said tribalism. Three quarters of a
|million people died over said tribalism.
|u/Lu1s3r - 11 days
|
|It's been up and down. But certainly worse as of late.
|u/kiwi_rozzers - 11 days
|
|I can't speak to "always", but I think yes. I was in high school
|when George W. Bush was elected president in 2000. I grew up in the
|conservative South, and Al Gore was basically the devil. Even my
|teachers at school would talk about what a liar he was and how he was
|an idiot who was going to ruin our economy. People who were pro-
|choice were murderers who were unwilling to live with the
|consequences of their own decisions. "The gays" were dangerous sexual
|deviants who would probably molest your children if you didn't keep
|an eye on them. I remember the cognitive dissonance I experienced
|when I graduated and went to university and encountered much more
|liberal groups talking about what an idiot GWB was and how he was
|going to ruin our economy. People who were pro-life were controlling
|patriarchal zealots who are trying to repress women and who would
|rather force a woman to die in childbirth than have the right to make
|her own decisions about her health. Gay people were just...people who
|discovered their romantic and sexual attraction was not (at the time)
|mainstream but otherwise want to live normal lives. And everybody's
|afraid. That's what I eventually discovered. Everybody is clinging
|desperately to the flotsam they believe will keep them afloat and
|afraid of what the other side will do to them. The right see
|themselves as self-sufficient and independent and are afraid they're
|going to take their guns (which represent both their culture and
|their ability to protect their families and live independent lives),
|they're going to indoctrinate their children, they're going to point
|at your culture and way of life and say "that's wrong" and force you
|to change. The left see themselves as progressive and enlightened
|and are afraid that society will fall apart without the government to
|provide necessary goods and services, climate change will make life
|harder for everyone, and the world will devolve into war and chaos.
|And ultimately both sides feel incredibly strongly about their
|position and it's not just about opinion but _identity_. And nobody
|bothers to take the time to understand anyone else. In fact, I don't
|think people in general realize that there's anything to understand.
|It took me some time after leaving my hometown to realize that I was
|wrong about the left. I had been told that they were just not
|Christian and they believed what they did because they were sinful.
|They couldn't help it! They just didn't know Jesus. It wasn't until I
|was forced into proximity with them that I realized -- they believe
|they have moral right on _their side_. There were people who gently
|helped me understand privilege and equality and how they viewed the
|world. They pointed out hypocrisy in my own beliefs...and they were
|right! Sorry for the life story, but I think it illustrates the
|problem. Groups which at one time never had to interact with each
|other or even see each other are now being brought together online.
|But this sort of intermingling is not the same as when I went to
|university. Rather than seeing each other as people, the online
|interactions cause us to see each other as the enemy; faceless
|opposing ideologies. The only defense against the enemy is to become
|more radical, more politicized, more partisan. TL;DR: a clash of
|ideologies is always scary and the default reaction is to escalate.
|The current US political climate is so highly polarized because each
|side has deeply-held beliefs and is also deeply afraid of the other.
|Ultimately, we're all trying to survive in this big scary world in a
|life that does not care about us, and it's sad that our brains tell
|us that the best way to do this is to be angry at the people who
|don't believe exactly what we believe.
|u/Imminent1776 - 10 days
|
|Biden should resign now so Harris can achieve her dream of being the
|47th President.
|u/fatowl - 10 days
|
|genius!
|u/Andysullivino - 10 days
|
|According to the vast majority of pre-election posts Harris was winning
|comfortably. How much of an echo chamber is reddit?
|u/Chestmynutz - 10 days
|
|10/10 propaganda echoe chamber. Turbo charged Censorship included.
|u/RemarkableVolume3444 - 10 days
|
|Is Reddit actually as left-leaning as it feels, or am I just in the
|wrong subs? Serious question: I swear anytime I see someone say
|anything remotely positive about Trump or anything critical of Kamala
|Harris, they get downvoted into oblivion! Meanwhile, in real life,
|people seem way more balanced (and, you know, aren't ready to go to war
|over a single comment). Am I just hanging out in the wrong subs, or is
|this just *the vibe* here? Does Reddit lean way left, or am I missing
|some secret pro-moderate, debate-friendly haven?
|u/Front-Asparagus-8071 - 10 days
|
|It varies by sub, but in general, it leans left. Same as YouTube.
|Mostly I put this down to the people with time to be moderators are
|unemployed and/or have no family, and are left leaning to some
|extent. People who lean right tend to work and want to spend time
|with family, so don't have the time to be mods.
|u/Any_Illustrator_9801 - 7 days
|
|Please somebody tell me why LGBT people are afraid, I'm so serious. I
|didn't find anything concrete about the claims Trump will round them up
|and kill them, yet a lot of people base their reasoning to leave the US
|on this.
|u/No-Control-3556 - 11 days
|
|Watching from Europe: Why are trumpers proud voting for a convicted
|felon? I thought you/they didn't like crime.
|u/Emotional-Worry2285 - 11 days
|
|He’s a very bizarre politician in that no matter how egregiously
|awful the controversy against him is, he can somehow spin it into him
|being a martyr or something similar.
|u/fache - 11 days
|
|He doesn’t even really spin it anymore, they just don’t seem to
|care and are completely fine with a double standard created only
|for their guy.
|u/Emotional-Worry2285 - 11 days
|
|That too.
|u/Phildandrix - 10 days
|
|Because people HATE Harris. They don't actually like Trump, they just
|can't stand Harris.
|u/erinnwhoaxo - 11 days
|
|It’s just cognitive dissonance. They hate Kamala and they’ll make any
|excuse for Donnie. Meanwhile they can’t even explain basic things
|like what a tariff is or basic economics that explains why gas prices
|are so high.
|u/SparklySpunk - 11 days
|
|Congratulations to Russia on your successful annexation of the U.S.A.
|u/PieEnvironmental4795 - 11 days
|
|The world gets to laugh at us once more
|u/ephdravir - 11 days
|
|What would happen, if a presidential elector chose to vote against
|their state's winning candidate? I realize this is highly
|hypothetical, but as far as I can tell, there is nothing in the
|Constitution prohibiting this from happening, and if it did... then
|theoretically some dude, let's call him Joey, from a swing state could
|single-handedly decide who's the next POTUS if both candidates were one
|vote short of winning.
|u/Sablemint - 11 days
|
|> What would happen, if a presidential elector chose to vote against
|their state's winning candidate? Not possible anymore. the supreme
|court determined that electors are not free agents, and must vote in
|the way the voters decided.
|u/ChefPixel - 11 days
|
|I’m new in the world of politics, so forgive my ignorance, but today I
|learned that there are more than two presidential candidates in the
|USA. Why are Republicans and Democrats the most popular? Also,
|aren’t the other candidates wasting their time when they know they
|don’t stand a chance against Harris or Trump?
|u/Thief_of_Sanity - 11 days
|
|This is due to our voting system. Look up Duverger's law. Here's a
|reference: https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/author
|ity.20110803095737871
|u/DeltaSolana - 11 days
|
|Trump is ahead by 2k in Arizona. How's that gonna turn out?
|u/Kalse1229 - 11 days
|
|Still only about half the votes have been counted, so still no
|telling.
|u/DeltaSolana - 11 days
|
|I just can't really tell what those uncounted districts tend to
|lean towards. Figured someone else might know.
|u/WasteBinStuff - 10 days
|
|How likely is it that Trump and the Republicans will do all the things
|they've said they're going to do?
|u/rodrigo_i - 10 days
|
|When has any party ever done half the shit they said they'd do?
|u/cojcinkc - 10 days
|
|For those who have researched, what will a Trump term look like? What
|policies are likely to be enacted?
|u/realKevinNash - 10 days
|
|Democrats of Reddit, what changes do you think your party needs to make
|to win future national elections?
|u/xkulp8 - 10 days
|
|One obvious thing is to blow it up and start from scratch, without
|any favoritism from the party. Winner gotta get down in the tranches
|and survive the primary process fair and square. That got us Bill
|Clinton and Obama... and got the Republicans Trump.
|u/Nazgren94 - 10 days
|
|As a non American, I must confess I am curious as to how this
|revelation has the “Hillary was better than Bernie” crowd feeling,
|seeing as he was Male and a strong enough Orator that even Republicans
|showed some level of respect for him and even Trump was keen to go up
|against him. I appreciate that the “communist” farce that your media
|painted him with was always going to be his biggest stumbling block,
|but would it have been as big a hurdle as Hillary’s being a woman?
|u/unfitforduty88 - 10 days
|
|What happens if the sitting president dies after election day but
|before inauguration day?
|u/TorontoNews89 - 10 days
|
|Was this the biggest waste of [ONE BILLION
|DOLLARS](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/harris-
|political-operation-crosses-1-billion-raised-2024-election-rcna174696)
|in history? What else could have been done with that money?
|u/LittleEcco - 10 days
|
|Mods just castrated any real discussion that could've happened today.
|u/lunat1c_ - 10 days
|
|If you didnt go out and vote, why? No theories please.
|u/joeyblove - 10 days
|
|Imagine it's the end of 2028, and you're looking back over the last
|four years. What are 1-3 things that would make you mostly regret not
|voting at all, voting for, or voting against Trump?
|u/danicali420 - 10 days
|
|What could happen to the dollar under a Trump presidency?
|u/Smeggfaffa - 10 days
|
|Americans who are leaving or thinking about leaving the US - what was
|the final straw and where are you heading to now?
|u/lynxminx - 10 days
|
|No country wants us. Realistically if we don't have basis for an
|asylum claim we'll never get more than a long term visa. And I have
|no illusions about what life is like in other countries....but I
|think it might be a relief to live for a while explicitly as an
|outsider, carrying no responsibility for how fucked up my society is.
|u/An_unbearable_truth - 10 days
|
|They don't leave; all blust and no action, they said the same shit in
|2016. Besides, their mum buys them nuggies and will bring them down
|to the basement at breakfast.
|u/Abdelsauron - 10 days
|
|Like in 2016, they're starting to learn that Trump is actually right
|and that our immigration laws are a joke compared to other countries.
|u/TheMissingPremise - 10 days
|
|Canada atm
|u/Gryffindork1995 - 10 days
|
|New subreddit for those who need it
|https://www.reddit.com/r/purpleparade/s/ji8n0wpNKF
|u/CPDrunk - 10 days
|
|How do we know voting demographics if who you voted for is private?
|u/Adhbimbo - 10 days
|
|Those are from surveys filled out on the way out. That's why they're
|called "exit polls"
|u/Successful-Scheme608 - 10 days
|
|What can Trump actually put into policy that would benefit all
|Americans?
|u/FearTheKeflex - 10 days
|
|Tax cuts to the middle class I guess? He says he wants to do it but
|last time he only gave tax cuts to the rich.
|u/Reyemreden - 10 days
|
|He told a crowd of people that were "rich as hell" that he'd give
|them another tax cut.
|u/Successful-Scheme608 - 10 days
|
|This. And adding tariffs. Oh no.
|u/b_wald81 - 10 days
|
|FUUUUUUUUUUUUU
|u/Sidolab - 10 days
|
|What are the implications for Europe's economy in the wake of Trump
|taking office, especially concerning potential "tariff wars"?
|u/FLhardcore - 9 days
|
|How is Harris going to feel having to certify the election she just
|lost?
|u/Much-Positive-5158 - 9 days
|
|For those Dems that didn't vote this election, why? Just curious, no
|judgement.
|u/thumbkei - 9 days
|
|Question: If we could do the election over again, would you do anything
|different?
|u/Grandbob328 - 9 days
|
|No
|u/Be_Very_Very_Still - 9 days
|
|No
|u/Historical_Piano4390 - 9 days
|
|Do you think Donald Trump was a good president between 2016 and 2020?
|u/Just_An_Animal - 9 days
|
|If you voted for Trump, please share why? I genuinely want to
|understand and encourage respectful responses/comments, and will do the
|same.
|u/haribo001 - 9 days
|
|Americans who voted Democrat, are there any of Trump’s policies that
|you actually agree with?
|u/Workweek247 - 9 days
|
|What happened to the missing 10 million Democrat votes from the 2020
|election?
|u/cozynosey - 9 days
|
|Non-Voters- do you regret it?
|u/mymustang44 - 8 days
|
|For those who sat out this election, what were your reasons?
|u/GiftPuzzleheaded1066 - 8 days
|
|For people who voted for Trump - I’m a Harris supporter and I’ve heard
|a lot of “big picture” things Trump will do. What specific Trump policy
|are you most excited about?
|u/rubrent - 8 days
|
|Do you think Biden would have gotten more popular votes than Harris?…
|u/lynxminx - 8 days
|
|Not after that debate performance.
|u/Showdown5618 - 8 days
|
|No, I think the outcome would have been about the same as the results
|we have gotten.
|u/Ser-Jorah-Mormont - 8 days
|
|21.6 million more voters in 2020 than the prior year. Why was there
|such a huge spike in voter turnout? Then the following election cycle
|(2024), 13.5 million LESS voters than in 2020. What is the possible
|answer? 2008 — 131,406,895 voters 2012 — 129,139,997 voters 2016 —
|136,787,187 voters 2020 — 158,481,688 voters 2024 — 144,987,691
|voters
|u/chi-bacon-bits - 8 days
|
|What president will be printed on currency next?
|u/Useful-Ad-1347 - 8 days
|
|Due to Trump’s proposed tariffs, which products should I purchase /
|stock up on before Trump takes office?
|u/starrettcity - 8 days
|
|Electronics from China would be a guess
|u/Seaguard5 - 8 days
|
|I’ll ask here because apparently I can’t make a post about it. Why are
|you depressed over the results?
|u/trxc - 7 days
|
|# If you take President Trump and Project 2025 at its word, what
|practical preparations are you making in advance of the changes to
|come, (for example, financial, stocking up on "xyz" goods, etc.)?
|u/hardpassonthatass - 7 days
|
|You can always bet on toilet paper.
|u/jstwmbh - 7 days
|
|[serious] Trump Supporters: How would you describe the ideal social,
|cultural, and economic results of a Trump dynasty? I’m genuine
|curious.
|u/Square-Argument4790 - 7 days
|
|A shift towards more moderate values and an economy that favors
|American manufacturing and gives the middle and working classes
|confidence in their wallet.
|u/GandhiDalaiKingJr - 4 days
|
|did anyone else couldn't vote because of an error similar to "we
|couldn't match your information" when registering?
|u/Putrid-Look-7238 - 3 days
|
|What would happen if the sitting president killed the president elect.
|Would they face any criminal charges? Who would become president elect?
|u/ColSurge - 3 days
|
|There is actually a bit of a question here depending on *when* it
|would happen. If the electors of the Electoral College have already
|cast their vote, which happens on December 17th, then the Vice
|President Eelect (JD Vance currently) would become president. If it
|were to happen before December 17th, there is a bit of an open legal
|question. Most likely the electors would either be bound to vote for
|the JD Vance, or the electors would be allowed to vote for anyone
|they want. If the electors could vote for anyone they want... they
|would vote for JD Vance. From there legal aspects would happen as
|Biden is arrested for Murder. However, a sitting President cannot be
|changed, and the recent Supreme Court decision would then become
|tested in one of the largest legal battles of this generation.
|u/Hexxegone - 3 days
|
|# How much you you think woke identity politics impacted the election?
|u/Magic5Nice - 3 days
|
|A lot. The Dems need to distance themselves from the extreme left. If
|you are someone who is putting the rights of the LGBTQ community
|ahead of everyone else's rights, you're gonna have a lot of problems
|every election cycle.
|u/YesThisIsMiniMe - 3 days
|
|Not so much the specific woke identity politics, just the whole woke
|thing as a whole. I think many (not just young, white men) are sick
|and tired of it, and it will show off in many elections in the years
|to come...
|u/Melenduwir - 3 days
|
|Since the number of voters for Trump didn't seem to change much, the
|real issue was why people who voted for Biden didn't turn out to vote
|for Harris. I can't imagine that being a diversity busybody helped
|Harris any, but it's never made a difference before.
|u/bassin_matt_112 - 3 days
|
|Quite a lot. Nowadays in the United States, people tend to vote based
|on their feelings instead of voting for the greater good of the
|country. I honestly didn’t care who would win the election I just
|wanted whoever became the president to make the economy better.
|u/reddithatenonconform - 3 days
|
|Decent amount
|u/squashua - 19 hours
|
|How will right's push of the Strauss-Howe generational theory shape the
|next 4 years?
|u/Crystalite_13 - 12 hours
|
|In 2021, President Trump withdrew the US from the Paris Accords, a
|climate change treaty. President Biden signed the US back in on his
|first day in office, but now that Trump is the president again, do you
|think he will remove the US again?
|u/howardslaughter - 11 days
|
|How are yall coping with the results so far?
|u/Pug4281 - 11 days
|
|Not well.
|u/PM_ME_UR_LOVE_STORIE - 11 days
|
|Flashbacks to 2016 rn. About to go for a pack of smokes
|u/Kalse1229 - 11 days
|
|Little nervous, but I remember feeling nervous during the 2020
|results when they were starting to lean right, and we all know how
|that went. I'm preparing myself for the worst, but there's also a
|little bit of hope in there.
|u/SnowFox33 - 11 days
|
|Here we go again...
|u/Stiqueman888 - 10 days
|
|A nation full of stupid. Never in my life did I think you guys would
|reelect a racist, convicted felon. Even after his Covid response, and
|his attempt at taking it back on Jan 6th. I would be embarrassed to be
|an American right now. You know, the world laughs at the stereotype of
|Americans. But tonight, you lot earned it.
|u/Extension-Unit7772 - 10 days
|
|51 % of Americans
|u/Stiqueman888 - 10 days
|
|The majority, you mean.
|u/Sometimesitsamonkey - 11 days
|
|I voted for Kamala in a red state that was one of the 7 swing states
|this election. But from working on the Biden campaign, here’s where I
|think they went wrong: First, on the Biden campaign, we spent a lot of
|time sharing educational resources to people regardless of political
|party on how voting works and Biden’s ideals. Many people did not
|understand how mail in voting worked, like how to check if it was
|accepted or when it had to be in a ballot drop off box by. Also, a lot
|of young people thought early voting was unavailable to them. Like it
|was just for older or disabled people. I did not see any (or very
|little comparatively) of that this election. It was just “go vote!”
|Also way too many different websites on how to check for voting places.
|I know they want the data but damn. Some of these sites wanted you to
|sign up or jump through hoops to get the info. Second, way too much
|focus on abortion. I’m pro choice. But people needed to know about more
|than just that. Too much focus on a single issue. We see all of the
|time how little the US cares about women’s health in general. Why are
|you focusing on that? Third, Gaza. Handled poorly. From what I’ve
|seen so far, the young people did not turn out very well and I think
|that’s part of the reason why.
|u/LunaLovegoodRocks - 11 days
|
|North Carolina just went red
|u/Rough_Article_6188 - 11 days
|
|US Citizens of Reddit, why did you vote for Trump over Harris?
|u/OldWolf2 - 11 days
|
|It was expected, but it's still sobering to see hard numbers that at
|least 19 million people so far have showed up to support the rapist
|u/Mogilny89Leafs - 11 days
|
|I don't think I'll ever doubt Trump again. If you read Reddit, you'd
|swear America ended tonight. It was a red wave. He crushed it. He
|dominated the popular vote. Face it: The majority of America likes
|what this guy is selling.
|u/Emotional-Worry2285 - 11 days
|
|I disagree with that last statement. While I voted for Harris and am
|upset that Trump won, from dozens of articles I’ve read from various
|sources like the New York Times, Washington Post, etc., a large
|percentage, maybe even the majority, of people who voted for Trump
|did so because they felt his economic and immigration policies were a
|little better than Harris, but didn’t like him as a person or agree
|with his rhetoric.
|u/fache - 11 days
|
|If you vote for an asshole because he might help you, you still
|support an asshole. Don’t try to give these people an out later
|when they claim “I didn’t know!!”
|u/Emotional-Worry2285 - 11 days
|
|That's fair, but that doesn't mean the majority of America likes
|Trump, which was the point of my comment.
|u/harrythebau5 - 11 days
|
|>Face it: The majority of America likes what this guy is selling.
|Bibles and commemorative coins?
|u/fache - 11 days
|
|You forgot gold sneakers and Chinese watches.
|u/6thReplacementMonkey - 10 days
|
|They like what he's _saying_. They don't understand what he's
|selling.
|u/RealDonLasagna - 11 days
|
|Then the majority of America is fucked up and revolting
|u/Peaceandgloved2024 - 11 days
|
|What's the most appropriate song for this situation?
|u/whoaaa_O - 10 days
|
|gg America
|u/MultiLuigi57 - 10 days
|
|Well, I’m making plans to head home to Canada
|u/ReginaldDreadborne - 10 days
|
|Dear Reddit, where is Kamala right now after the big loss?
|u/KillswitchSolidSnake - 10 days
|
|She has finally been burdened by what has been.
|u/Interesting-Dream863 - 10 days
|
|The take away from this election is that the US economy is in shambles
|if people angrily went to vote against the democrats to the point of
|giving Trump the government back with 5 million votes to spare.
|u/Legitimate-Cock-7008 - 10 days
|
|Dems really dropped the ball by running Kamala instead of having an
|open primary, hopefully in 4 years they can pull their heads out of
|their asses and find some good candidates
|u/Interesting-Dream863 - 10 days
|
|An open primary would have been better but asking people to give up
|their power is quite problematic. Biden had to be forced mid
|race... something ruinous.
|u/Legitimate-Cock-7008 - 10 days
|
|Well hopefully this election will make them realize how stupid it
|is to try to run purely on wokeism instead of something actually
|meaningful to most Americans. I'm Democrat but holy fuck this was
|a disappointing cycle for us
|u/wlknDreamer - 10 days
|
|Republicans of Reddit who make up the majority of our country, what do
|you expect from your recent choice?
|u/Personplacething333 - 10 days
|
|America,what the fuck?
|u/YamOk9501 - 10 days
|
|Has anyone else noticed ChatGPT pushes a pro-Democrat agenda? Is AI not
|supposed to be neutral?
|u/babyblueknocks - 9 days
|
|Ideally it should be neutral but ai programs have creators and those
|creators are people with their own opinions. They should be leaving
|those opinions at the door when it comes to their work but that seems
|to be difficult for leftists, it seems.
|u/sllcnvlly - 10 days
|
|I haven’t noticed. I’m not sure what you’ve seen to make you wonder
|this but it could be a result of frequency illusion.
|u/RaintownSunshine - 8 days
|
|\[Serious\] **American Conservatives: What about Fascism do you feel
|does \*not\* match the modern Republican party?** I'm really genuinely
|curious and am not asking this to troll. I personally see a lot of
|overlap but want to know what I'm missing. I'm sad there's no
|AskConservative sub because I really want a place I can go to ask these
|questions and get real, genuine answers (and civil conversation). I
|just can't seem to find a space for it. :(
|u/reddithatenonconform - 8 days
|
|> American Conservatives: What about Fascism do you feel does *not*
|match the modern Republican party? All of it
|u/fancayschmanzayyy - 7 days
|
|People in other countries: what's your opinion on the outcome of the US
|election?
|u/imsorryeggman - 11 days
|
|We are cooked huh
|u/radicallyhip - 11 days
|
|You're not even half as cooked as Ukraine is.
|u/A_Birde - 11 days
|
|Well, the USA is going to deserve whatever it's going to get
|u/Mestre08 - 11 days
|
|Problem is the consequences aren't limited to the US.
|u/xX_420DemonLord69_Xx - 10 days
|
|It’s funny seeing all the progressives spewing racist remarks towards
|Latinos. Like - that racism ain’t gonna make them change their
|opinions; if anything, it’s only going to make them go harder to the
|right.
|