• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    We have to factor in the Obama con

    Not when talking about the 08 campaign. Because regardless of follow thru thru it showed that was the type of campaign people would vote for.

    2012 showed that moderate compromise on the 08 platform resulted in a decrease of votes.

    Obviously I agree that a president who ran a campaign like 08, and then actually followed thru would be better.

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      19 days ago

      You can ignore history I guess… but yes, progressive messaging does attract supermajorities of voters from both sides of the aisle… but I personally refuse to continue voting for neoliberals or politicians who receive aipac bribes