I see pundits occasionally refer to the fact that, despite Clinton leading in the polls, there were signs later on in the election season that she was on track to do poorly. Low voter enthusiasm, high number of undecideds, results in certain primaries, etc. But I also remember there being plenty of fanfare about early vote numbers and ballot returns showing positive signs that never materialized. In your opinion, what are some relevant warning signs that we saw in 2016, and are these factors any different for Harris this election?
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kitnaht@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Lots of unhappy bernie-bros from 2016. There felt like there was a lot more division. Trumps only term as president woke those people up. Bernie even knocked it the fuck off and fell in line super early this go around. I think he realized that his base refusing to vote for villary, is at least partially responsible.
Harris definitely seems like a much more down to earth breath of fresh air. They did a nice 180 on Trump with turning the whole "He's too old, he's senile" bit from Biden back around.
Unfortunately, Republicans have been shown that there's no actual repercussions to doing any of this. They'll be pushing harder, grifting harder, and pulling every trick they can; because even if it's illegal, they know nothing will happen to them -- and "winning", guarantees they'll be pardoned and on the side of the new facist regime -- which is where they think they want to be. The leopards won't eat THEIR face, right?