• FlowVoid@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Biden gets 80% of the vote in the Michigan primary.

    Trump gets 66% of the vote in the Michigan primary.

    Media: Major rebuke to Biden! It could make him lose Michigan in the general!

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      8 months ago

      You’re mixing up the Democratic and Republican primaries. Trump was running against Haley whereas Biden was unopposed.

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        So Biden supporters had even less reason to show up and vote for him than Trump supporters. Thus underestimating Biden support.

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              Anyone who wants to avoid Trump winning the election really needs to stop demanding complacency from the Dems. They need people to hold their noses and vote and all they can do is reassure everyone it’s in the bag. Have they just forgotten 2016 or something?

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                I’m not complacent, at all. This is going to be a close election and everyone needs to vote even if they have to hold their nose.

                I’m simply reacting to the “Biden is d00med” sentiment that is currently popular online. That can depress turnout and make it more difficult for Biden to win.

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                  What depresses turnout, when the choices are so dismal, is telling people that all the warning signs mean nothing. It’s not so much forgetting about 2016 as absolutely refusing to learn the lessons of 2016. I don’t get it, I just don’t get it.

                  Hey everyone else. Trump has a real prospect of winning. The Dems are, at best, useless but you’re going to have to hold your nose and vote: just make sure you have a plan for holding their feet to the fire afterwards.

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      And I bet most of those who voted against Biden would vote for Biden because it’s about democracy.

      • Signed some one who would vote for uncommitted if he was in MI, but would vote for Biden in the general.
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      Not sure what the percentages of the separate ballots have to do with this. Do you think the same amount of people voted in the democrat and republican primaries?

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        Uncommitted gets 65,000 votes in the Michigan Democratic primary.

        Nikki Haley gets 200,000 votes in the Michigan Republican primary.

        Media: Major rebuke to Biden! It could make him lose Michigan in the general!