• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Unlikely to improve. The Biden team is making it clear that they intend to move to the right to get the voters they think they need this election cycle.

    Its also pretty clear to any one with eyes that he’s not going to find the voters he needs there, but it is what it is.

    For context, no incumbent has ever won a second term with an approval of less than 51%.

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        You are misinterpretting the XKCD.

        Its not as if incumbents with approvals this low haven’t competed. They have.

        We have the data on it. You don’t win the presidency with an approval this low.

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          They aren’t misinterpretting the XKCD.

          Even though Biden is not very popular a lot of people will be thinking twice about voting in a man convicted of thirty-four felonies to the white house.

          This might make Biden the guy who breaks that record and that’s what the comic is about.

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            My (parent) comment didn’t mention Te-felon Don.

            So I’m sticking with them not understanding the XKCD or the parent.

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                No, its not. Again, a misunderstanding of what was said.

                The point isn’t that it hasn’t been attempted. It has, repeatedly. The XKCD is all examples of things that haven’t happened.

                The example provided is something specific that has been attempted, repeatedly, where we know the answer (not the felonious aspect, but the low approval. Don being a felon was never a point of discussion).

                Its both a misunderstanding of the XKCD and the statement.

                Plenty of incumbents with low approval have run. They don’t win their elections. We’ve got lots of data on this.

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                  Plenty of incumbents with low approval have run. They don’t win their elections.

                  Until they do and that’s the point of the comic.

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      11 months ago

      Don’t forget that Drump has NEVER WON the popular vote. Not in 2016 and certainly not in 2020

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    This right here -> “Joe Biden: Nothing would fundamentally change if he’s (re)elected”.

    Yes, things would get worse with Trump, but you got to verbalize your plan to MAKE THINGS BETTER.

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    If Biden wins the popular vote and the convicted felon orange man ends up winning we’re so fucked. This entire system is shaking.