Nope. Big tent. I want a big tent. And BTW I don’t actually think canvassing, donations, or phone banking matters much at all. Winning swing voting by taking popular positions wins.
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The more active and enthusiastic people you have on your side, the more your message gets out. The more people encourage their friends and family to vote for you. The more people help register voters and give rides to polling stations. Trump wins on unpopular policies with optimistic enthusiasm.
aug 25, 2025, 5:57 pm • 0 0 • view
Democrats lose because they cynically refuse to go for popular policies for fear of alienating people who wouldn't vote for them anyway, which also alienates people who wanted to vote for them, killing their enthusiasm.
aug 25, 2025, 5:57 pm • 0 0 • view
What leftist Dem has won a purple or red state?
aug 25, 2025, 8:04 pm • 0 0 • view
He wins because he took left leaning positions on economics and won swing voters.
aug 25, 2025, 8:04 pm • 0 0 • view
Trump didn't take any left leaning policies, what are you talking about? He ran on hurting immigrants and lgbtq+ people, and getting revenge for being prosecuted for crimes. These aren't widely popular policies. But for the people who do like those policies, they really like those policies.
aug 25, 2025, 9:03 pm • 0 0 • view
"Swing voters" are a myth. There is no large cohort of voters who sit at the center of American politics. The real "swing voter" is the person who stays home because they don't think either party has anything to offer them. When they do vote, they largely vote for the same party every time.
aug 25, 2025, 5:08 pm • 0 0 • view
Trump was successful at activating a dedicated cohort of these normally apathetic voters by pandering to their worst desires. They continue to come out for him because he continues to pander. Democrats have been trying to appeal to Trump's cohort by pandering less aggressively, and it doesn't work.
aug 25, 2025, 5:08 pm • 0 0 • view
They are not a myth. And if you think so you’re just giving up. Lots of voters swung to Trump in 2024: especially minorities and young people. Swing them back.
aug 25, 2025, 8:20 pm • 0 0 • view
They didn't. Thats reading the data wrong. Dems lost significantly more voters than Rs gained. R vote gains were roughly in line with population growth. For every voter Rs gained in 2024, dems lost 2 from 2020. 3 if you factor in the growth of the electorate.
aug 25, 2025, 9:54 pm • 0 0 • view
Trump gained a greater share of minority & young support compared to 2020, but thats because dems lost serious ground in those cohorts. Not because absolute support went up. They didn't switch support to Trump. They just didn't support Harris. And that was with dems sprinting to the center.
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