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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall
This is absolutely wrong. There is no one out there who needs to be excited to vote in the next election. If you're not excited to vote against Trump at this point, you're not getting off your ass to vote for any of these other people.
White people are the fucking key. White people are fucking this country. White people want someone "safe" to vote for. And I'm talking about the ones in Michigan and Ohio and Pennsylvania and Florida.
Excited? Jesus Christ. How can anyone be more motivated to vote in an election? If my wife were running, I'd vote for Joe Biden.
This "generate excitement" stuff is garbage. Bernie's ceiling is low. He's going to excite the same number of people as last time. Kamala is a black woman. Her ceiling is capped. Pete is gay. His ceiling is capped. Etc.
I hate that it is this way. But that is the way it is.
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Hope I'm wrong, but I don't think the key is persuading swing voters, like working-class whites in mid-western states, to vote for a Democrat. I think it's about tapping and motivating Democrats to turn out. Ideally, a gifted candidate does both, speaking to swing voters one way and the potentially disillusioned in another.
BTW, this exchange is one you see moderates and progressives having. I don't see it that way. A progressive like Bernie could bore a lot of people into staying home, and a moderate like Harris could inspire a lot of Democrats.
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