• MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca
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    20 hours ago

    capitalism/socialism isn’t actually the biggest thing for most Trump voters

    Oh absolutely, especially at the Presidential level. I just meant it as a simple shorthand for folks with whom we disagree.

    Though, on one that I’d argue was more a referendum on more or less socialism, I’d imagine the same was true in NYC, I’d guess the number of people who voted Mamdani and had close Cuomo voting friends would be pretty small, though I admittedly haven’t looked for much data on that.

    Also, great use of polling. I just wish the Dems could take it and run on the shit with which everyone agrees instead of getting bogged down in online culture war fights.

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      17 hours ago

      Ah, your point is understood. Thank you. The NYC mayoral race is a good example too.

      At one time I understood why no party can run on common sense in truth, though I forget the argument now. I know parties exist first to win elections, and only secondarily to change things. But I don’t see how that stops the Dems from running an extremely ‘common-sense-reform’ campaign.