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If the republicans are running on change, and the democrats are running on not changing, but most americans want things to change, it shouldnt be shocking which one wins.

Most Americans are in for a rude awakening if they think the change republicans are proposing are the same change they want. Or maybe they do want wrecked economy, dismantled healthcare, and internment camps for ā€˜ā€™ā€˜illegalsā€™ā€˜ā€™. Who the fuck knows.

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Yes, it they still donā€™t want the status quo, so they would not have been happy either way. The point is that the party proposing a change can scoop up votes of those wishing for change, which is most people.

Biden didnā€™t win on no change. He won on change from trumps presidency. Change wins. Proposals win. Stability is good, but if people donā€™t feel stability, like with runaway inflation, or a recent global pandemic, or a recent trump presidency, then saying things are stable and good is not a winner. They are not.

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The point is that the party proposing a change can scoop up votes of those wishing for change, which is most people.

Shouldnā€™t we blame voters for not looking at what change is being proposed?

Oh wait, many of them were being told sheā€™s worse than Trump, going to start the next world war, jail white men, or other such nonsense on social media or podcasts.

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There is enough blame to go around. However, voters as a bloc is a more nebulous concept than a voter or party.

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All of thatā€™s true, but not how the general voting population works. We have to live in the world that exists, not the one where everyone is paying as much attention as they should.

Alternatively, this should be massive fucking sign that the general voting populace is so desperate for any change that theyā€™d go for horrible changes rather than perpetuating the status quo.

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well, hey, theyā€™re all american voters, right, and apparently weā€™re all too moronic to understand the basic things at stake, so maybe that is what we deserve, right?

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