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Anyone who makes this claim after watching Donald Fucking Trump get elected president is full of shit.
Yeah, and anybody that thought Trump was the safer candidate in 2024 after living through 2016-2020 is also full of shit.
Outside of primary elections, I've never voted for a presidential candidate that I was actually excited to vote for, with the only exception being the very first election I voted in (Obama, who surprise, still turned out to be a politician even if he did some unquestionably good things in addition to the bad and the irresponsible while he was in office).
I voted for Hillary bc she was unquestionably the lesser of 2 evils in 2016, but I honestly wasn't all that surprised when Trump won because people can rationalize a lot of bullshit.
I would have preferred Warren or Sanders, but I voted for Biden in 2020 even though I worried he would be a one term president. I figured we were kind of shooting ourselves in the foot setting things up for whoever Republicans ran in 2024 bc I thought there was no way in hell it would be Trump.
I voted for Harris in 2024, again because she was unquestionably the lesser of 2 evils. I wasn't exactly surprised more people didn't bother to vote for the lesser of 2 evils, but I was surprised that Trump somehow managed to get enough support to win in 2024 after nearly killing us all in 2020.
Always expect everyone (politicians, voters, and the establishment) to "surprise" you with how full of shit they can rationalize being, even if a choice should be obvious. That way even if we all lose once again, at least you're prepared.
People have the memory and attention span of a gnat and Trump is [somehow] quite good at channelling voter frustrations, which have not subsided at all.