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Democratic Party hits new polling low, while its voters want to fight Trump harder (www.nbcnews.com)

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[–] elatedCatfish@lemm.ee 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

We need a new party. Or burn it all to the ground.

[–] RozZakton@midwest.social 3 points 9 hours ago

Electoral politics are clearly a fools errand at this point anyway

[–] taanegl@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

"oh but why won't people vote for the democrats?!?!"

Because they're fucking pussies. Time to vote for the Black Panther Party. I don't care if you're white. I am too.

Now dawn that black beret and start marching with rifle in hand. We're going to go form some fucking cooperatives!

[–] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 2 points 18 hours ago

C’mon, they waved those little signs and all that.

[–] aramova@infosec.pub 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

And those same people won't vote for an AOC or Sanders in their district because... Reasons?

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

Right seriously

"Erm Bernie isn't viable because he's too radical"

As if Biden or Harris had any appeal aside from not being Trump????

I'm still mad people didn't care that the dems essentially skipped their primary as a way to cheese their candidate selection and not because they actually didn't have the time to complete a primary.

[–] PeteWheeler@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Democratic party is the party of status quo.

Conservative party is the party of destruction/cancer.

The people want a party of progress.

The people will never get what they want with these two parties in charge of everything.

Just a sad fact. Things will get worse before they get better.

[–] mrodri89@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago

Fuck Americans. And I say that as an American.

A good chunk of you dont give a fuck about voting and that's why were here.

And they probably aren't smart enough to sign up to Lemmy.

So eat it up. Everyday. Wake up and smell it. All the shit.

[–] Drinvictus@discuss.tchncs.de 105 points 2 days ago (24 children)

Voters: Free Luigi, eat the rich

Elected officials: 💁‍♂️

[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 14 points 1 day ago

Exactly.

Eventually something minor cannot be done, we want democrat politicians to stop cooperating with Republicans... but no, they just roll to expose their belly and vote in the budget bill.

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[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 73 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Democratic leaders blearily looked up from their mid-afternoon cocktails on the decks of billionaire's yachts and said, "They want us to what?"

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

Indeed, they're just too status quo.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 55 points 2 days ago

Trump is actively killing democracy. Some Democratic politicians have chosen the most pathetic, inexcusable response possible: bland indifference.

I’m torn between fear that our government will collapse, and the cynical realization that maybe it deserves to.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 55 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So, trumps polling all time low numbers, democrats are polling low numbers.

I feel like if I release T-Shirts that just say "Everything sucks", they would be universally popular.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

*gestures broadly* T-shirts

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Person wearing "gestures broadly" t-shirt standing next to someone wearing a "Thanks, I hate it" t-shirt.

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[–] DyingWorld@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Unfortunately I think the people need to start fighting first. Neither side can count on their elected officials anymore. One side is just too stupid to realize it yet...

[–] interested_party@lemmy.org 4 points 1 day ago

Need some serious, if not injurious protests. Time to fight and make some noise.

[–] Heyting@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Democratic party is owned by capitalists. They will never fight for policy that actually improves living conditions of the working class, and thus their sole ‘popularity’ has to stem from people who think they will fight against fascism (they won’t and they don’t).

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[–] BlackLaZoR@fedia.io 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Kamala dropped the ball with the presidential campaign. She had no opinion on any issue that majority of voters really cared about. No wonder the entire democratic party gets backlash

[–] Draces@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (12 children)

She should have never been the candidate. Biden put her in an unwinnable position. The old geezer's ego cost America it's democracy.

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[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 9 points 2 days ago

Harris didn't, at least not alone; 2024 was a party platform problem.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

US voters want to fight against the one party state .... the Democrat/Republican Party

[–] twice_hatch@midwest.social 13 points 2 days ago

I'm eagerly waiting to see US voters fighting against Republicans, I'm not sure I've seen it in my whole adult life

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