Here's the important number:
Just 5% said they regret their vote and would vote differently if they could.
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That's the important part. Only 5% regret their vote. Most people in this thread who are celebrating and laughing, only read the headline.
This kind of "told you so!" stuff and thinking they were untouchable is what led to the Democrats loss. And will again if people aren't careful. People need to stop thinking "Not Trump!", because that doesn't win elections. Dems need to come up with some good candidates who are more than just "not Trump."
The party is losing support poll after poll after poll, and they think attacking leftists is going to help. The polls are screaming that they are going in the wrong direction, and they are completely obsessed with Hasan Piker right now. There is a coordinated effort going on across social media that is so sad and obvious. They are flailing and crashing out and it’s pathetic. I’ve never seen a party more outwardly hostile to its own voters than the mother fucking Democratic party. The Republicans at least feign like they care about their voter’s desires (mostly because they just tell their voters what they want).
The Democratic party isn't there to represent left-wing voters. They're there to make sure that left-wing voters don't get represented by any party
The party is losing support poll after poll after poll, and they think attacking leftists is going to help.
Yep, just now, in another thread I was accused of being being propaganda. LMAO All because I said that back in 2024, Lemmy was even more hostile to people who criticized the Dem party than they are now. It was wrong to do then, and wrong to do now lol
Democrats just can not accept responsibility for what happened for some reason. It's always a blame game.
They need better candidates or shit's gonna get even worse. How hard is it to find someone under the age of 60, and who has independent forward-thinking ideas and cares about the public?! WTF?! I like AOC, but I am not hearing any talk of them putting her in the running, so no clue what they are gonna do. But election is only 2 years away. They need to start doing something.
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Before any Centrist disagree, ask yourself who's currently the president and why. Ask yourself if centrism is a viable strategy for stopping Trump and candidates like Trump based on the evidence, not the common knowledge that's been disproven
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5% regret their vote
Read that, then look at how small election splits are. This is a good thing.
Do we get frustrated and angry as we wish everyone who defaulted to voting right because their parents did and they don't know better and can't be bothered to read real news? Yes.
Should we be happy when enough people show change to be visible on the horizon? Also yes.
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It's possible that some of them don't want to admit to a stranger that they'd change their vote.
But, most of it is probably choice-supportive bias or post-purchase rationalization. They believe they're smart, right-thinking people and that they couldn't have made a horrible mistake, so they look for reasons to feel like they made the right choice, despite all the evidence against it. They're supported by a whole group of propaganda networks that explain away every bad thing that Trump does and shift the blame to democrats, liberals, trans people, immigrants, non-whites, women, etc.
It's possible that some of them don't want to admit to a stranger that they'd change their vote.
Surely it's more likely that Trump voters who have changed their minds don't want to admit that they were previously Trump voters?
Also possible.
We’ve heard this from their own mouths. They may feel regret, but they have learned no lessons and have clearly stated they would do it again. These people are evil beyond redemption.
That's a pretty weak headline tho. \s
Another hopeful sounding headline telling us all what we want to hear.
Meanwhile in the text of the article:
When given a chance to recast their 2024 votes, in fact, just 84% of Trump voters said they would vote for him again
Just 84%?!
That's still a massive loss of support. In a free election, that would mean one of the worst election losses in history.
I see your point but I guess part of me really wants to see evidence that more of the maga cult has come to their senses. 84% still being willing to vote for him again damages my view of my fellow americans even more.
that would mean one of the worst election losses in history.
That's just because of the stupid way elections work IN USA, not because there has been a massive change in the opinion of the population. Theoretically you can get ALL the seats in congress with 51% of the vote, if they are distributed right.
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What a sad bunch of simple minded morons
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Here are the percentages of 2024 Trump voters who disapproved of him in each of these areas:
- Gas prices: 45%
Does that mean that the majority of Trump voters approve of Trump's gas prices? A nation of masochists, apparently.
High gas prices are a pittance if we can bring Jesus back! (I wish this were a joke).
If he can turn water into wine, then by god we can waterboard that Palestinian until he turns it into ethanol for our cars.
There was an article a few weeks ago where folks were interviewed at a gas station in Pennsylvania. Two of the Trump voters who was fine with the higher prices said it was an acceptable price to pay to keep the nation safe. They really thought Iran was going to attack the US, possibly with nukes.
I have no hope of changing the minds who fervently believe in that crap
We shouldn't focus on changing the minds of people who are clearly not capable of that, instead you focus on making their opinions irrelevant
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Some of his supporters will accept anything with a smile as long as it's their side doing it. Some are so drowned in right wing media bullshit that they might as well be living in a parallel universe. And some will just be so averse to criticizing Trump (particularly in a poll which is likely to have political remifications) that they'll defend or ignore almost anything bad, even if they do hate it.
Yep. Just like some are only on the Trump train because they're afraid of the social ramifications of saying anything bad about him.
In some circles, saying a single bad word about Trump will get you ostracized, shunned, and perhaps even targeted by violence.
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This is so sad, that he is a rapist, and ruin the economy, takes healthcare away from people, illegally arrest immigrants, while having his Gestapo forces shoot people in the face, destroys US democracy and fail to help old allies in Ukraine didn't do it.
Even entering an illegal war and committing war crimes didn't do it.
But the gas increasing 1 dollar, that's the straw that breaks the camels back!! Except it didn't totally.
Paraphrasing:
Today 62% said they were “very confident” in their vote.
Another 21% of Trump voters said they were still “confident” in their votes but had “some concerns.”
That's a whopping 83% of Trump voters who are still OK with their vote and how things are going!!
Nothing is actually real until it adversely affects them.
It's cult, and Trump knew what he was doing. He said he could shoot someone on 5th Ave and not lose any support. Now he literally admit to and rape kids and they still blindly follow him. Hell they probably offer up their own children.
Yeah, cultists tend to go all in. IIRC the heavens gate guys cut their balls off for the leader. These fuckers will swallow a gas price increase.
They control the release of these polling numbers. They control information. Anything you are hearing from a "source" is curated.
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Will they learn from it?
No. The non-voters still haven't.
But you see, when JD Vance takes over it'll be all kinds of different and the Republicans will finally fix everything the Deep State Democrat Trump broke.
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Pfft yeah right. Child rape didn't do it and nothing else will either.
Every asshole I know that voted for the pedo-in-chief will need to put in a lot of work to make amends.
Most of the ones I know are unapologetic about their support for him, when asked. They're definitely less vocal than when he started off his 2nd term, though.
I drove through the Midwest last week and was SHOCKED to see no other political bumper stickers in 1200 miles, and only a couple of billboards, mostly for abortion. It's gone quiet, but not in a "I bet people are getting along better now" kind of quiet.
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They’ll vote again for him and his ilk. Being unhappy doesn’t make you admit you’re wrong. Also, the weight of gas prices doesn’t compare to the pleasure of inflicting cruelty on the non-white “others”…
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Now already? /s Better late than never, hope they manage to turn the tide for them selves. Trust and respect from the rest of the world will take deccades (if ever) but they will never ever regain the position they once had.
if november elections happen (big if), he's gonna rig them big time. We all know that.
Because, otherwise, if he wins again, and does it fairly, the US deserve to become a big north korea.
Not that I put anything past this administration, but in order for him to “win again” we would need to rewrite the constitution as the 22nd amendment specifically bans more than two terms of a presidency. I’m not saying he won’t try because they are indeed deplorable monsters.
There are already sycophants that state that is means consecutive terms...
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They will never vote for anyone who doesn't have an 'R' next to their name on the ballot. That should say it all...
"Oh wait,I didn't think he'd hurt me! He was only supposed to hurt the people I hate."
"He's not hurting the people he's supposed to be hurting!"
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I don't believe it for a second. Any real-life person I know who supported Trump is still fully bought in. Don't confuse fewer flags and hats as less support, it just means people are poorer now than they were before.
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