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Mad_Machine76

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7. I can't say I blame them

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 10:01 PM

22 hrs ago

But both Clinton and Harris both came very close and if some more people voted in 2016 and 2024 in the swing states, either/both might have won. If people would just stop staying home, we might actually win instead of constantly being discouraged and depressed. 🙄

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Many Democrats don't think they'll see a woman become president, AP-NORC poll finds [View all] dalton99a 22 hrs ago OP

Right. I dont either. Nt CousinIT 22 hrs ago #1

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confidence... WarGamer 26 min ago #19

I don't either. Maybe someday, Ocelot II 22 hrs ago #3

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I believe it less likely in the near future than I would have a decade ago. Xavier Breath 22 hrs ago #5

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I can't say I blame them Mad_Machine76 22 hrs ago #7

Agree. And TSF didn't "soundly" defeat Harris; his popular vote spooky3 22 hrs ago #8

In the US Racism and Misogyny rule Bettie 22 hrs ago #9

I don't want to agree with you, but I think you're right. ificandream 36 min ago #18

I'm so fucking sick and tired of polls 👎 Blue_Tires 21 hrs ago #10

Here we go again!!! Hope22 21 hrs ago #11

After 4 years of this disaster, we will have a woman candidate who will be our next president Deuxcents 19 hrs ago #12

Agree Meowmee 17 hrs ago #14

Somewhat understandable when one sees two qualified women lose to a certified idiot. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 3 hrs ago #15

Soundly defeated????? bdamomma 3 hrs ago #16

It's a generation away, maybe more. BannonsLiver 41 min ago #17