Comment by troosevelt

1 day ago

I appreciate that there is a significant chunk of people that are like this, but I think if you really believe the 40% number or anything like it, you're giving yourself a false worldview.

The majority of people aren't racist nor do they have a problem with government helping them out. What was happening (are you referencing 2024?) in 2024 and today was a government saying the economy was fine when it is not. When that happens, people are going to pick the person that isn't in power, who says they are going to fix it, even if they aren't. "It's the economy stupid". People care about their own well-being above pretty much everything else most of the time.

I don't think putting this on racism or anything else (though it is a smaller factor) helps, it's just rhetoric. 40% of the people in the US aren't dedicateed racists, they are, however, in working groups that the government has ignored for decades.

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amanaplanacanal  1 day ago

So do you expect Republicans to be thrown out of office en masse in the upcoming election?

I personally expect plenty of them to get reelected even if they claim that everything is just fine.

  • troosevelt  1 day ago

    I think we're gonna see some def Democratic gains because the economy is shit and that's how voting always happens.

    The only argument I was making is it's no where near 40% of people that are voting for somebody cause they're racist. If you believe that then you're not going to see the world accurately. It's not how people work.

    But it goes back to my main point, Dem gains won't be what they should be because politics are a very vague and murky thing and people make all kinds of justifications for why they vote for their person. See the stat where most people rate Congress poorly but their Congressperson highly. It's not racism, it's that politics are inherently pretty stupid.

zzzeek  1 day ago

> if you really believe the 40% number or anything like it, you're giving yourself a false worldview.

> The majority of people aren't racist nor do they have a problem with government helping them out.

40% is ....not a majority

the current POTUS has a 37% approval rating and this is considered to be historically low, due to wars, corruption, etc.

but even with all of that corruption and failure, 37% of surveyed adults, *still approve*. This includes his frequent, deeply racist tirades on Twitter. They approve!

  • hunterpayne  19 hours ago

    Let's state this again because the Dems still haven't learned. Trump didn't win, the Dems lost. And until you stop using this type of rhetoric, you will keep losing. This is completely a skill issue because there are plenty of things to talk about that would help getting Dems elected. This isn't one of them.

    • hdgvhicv  18 hours ago

      3 million more people voted Trump in 2024 than in 2020

      Thai wasn’t people not voting for the black woman, this was people actively voting for the demented rapist.

    • zzzeek  18 hours ago

      sorry what ? I'm personally responsible for getting Democrats elected? Can you show me a Democratic campaign that is calling half the country racist ?

  • troosevelt  1 day ago

    But it's not even approaching 40%, nor did I tie the two together. If you think the 33% of people who voted from Trump did it because they are racist you are wrong. Some did, a lot that wasn't their primary concern. It's viewing pepole wrong to think that.

    What's the point of being that pedantic, Mike?