news 2024 US Election Megathread 🇺🇸🏛️

[MP3]

2 minutes ago, Cruel Summer said:

 

Biden being a Democratic Socialist, I thought nothing could make me laugh today of all days but damn that one got me good
 

He doesn't know what he is himself tbh

[madonnas]

That being said, Kamala’s issues aside, she had a fairly organized and enthusiastic campaign.  I really think she amounted to being a sacrificial lamb.  Ouch.  

[nostalgic]

3 minutes ago, MP3 said:

Biden, Kamala and Walz are the PERFECT exemple of democratic socialist, they are on the left/far left spectrum and it will never works in the US, the average American is centre-right

They're democratic capitalists, at best

 

[FameFatale]

New post from a girl I went to high school with that is a LESBIAN and married, "Welcome back President Trump! We need you more than ever!!!"

 

Ma'am start packing your bags. 

 

[Mezter]

1 minute ago, Armani? said:

Latino Men at 55 - 43 now since Trump gained +1 with everyone last update 

 

 

Overall Latino vote at 46% Trump, appears that's the worst in American history for Democrats 

The way I actually just had to unfollow like 90% of Latino men on my IG. Embarrassing 

[Relampago.]

1 minute ago, BlondGuts said:

So like... Is kamala's career over? Is it unwise to primary her in 2028? 

Kamala is election POISON! 

 

She ran a horrible campaign in 2020, then got lucky with COVID, became one of the least popular VPs of all time, ran another campaign that got clobbered in the worst way Dems have in.. decades.  

 

Maybe it's not her fault but results are results and no one will ever trust her again. She was humiliated bad. It's best she retires. 

[JennyWayne]

Elissa Slotkin projected to win Michigan senate race

 

 

Some good news at last

[Cruel Summer]

1 minute ago, MP3 said:

I'm not saying she did this prediction on purpose, but she was clearly lost in her so strong envy of a Kamala's winning, I mean you are a professional poll person and your prediction was 17% off, it's a bit embarrassing 

This is literally just how statistics works. Large polling errors happen about 5% of the time. This is on the extreme side, but it's not about her having some kind of desire for Kamala to win. You're suggesting the most respected pollster in history abandoned all her professional principles to conjure up a complete lie, and I can assure you that she did not.

[shyboi]

3 minutes ago, BlondGuts said:

So like... Is kamala's career over? Is it unwise to primary her in 2028? 

 

future is bright for miss kamala, she just need to refocus and make a comeback in 2028 

[MP3]

1 minute ago, nostalgic said:

They're democratic capitalists, at best

 

I recognize a socialist when I see one 

[Communion]

4 minutes ago, BlondGuts said:

So like... Is kamala's career over? Is it unwise to primary her in 2028? 

Primary her? Girl, what? She's jobless now. 

[dumbsparce]

4 minutes ago, ClashAndBurn said:

I think the kii here is that there is none. The best you get is Krystal, Kyle and Friends, TYT (with Ana Kasparian defecting), and Majority Report with Sam Seder and Emma Vigeland

 

Briahna Joy Gray also has Bad Faith Pod, but I sincerely doubt there's much appetite for that brand of commentary from most people here.

 

Hasan Piker livestreams on Twitch and he's the only commentator with any sort of reach beyond… niche subsets of leftists insulated in microscopic bubbles. And even then, there's no competing with Rogan, Louder With Crowder, Tim Pool, or Dave Rubin.

WHO ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE??

 

I'm not even 30 yet and I feel completely detached from e-reality

[St. Charles]

Yeah Kamala is done. Not happening 2028. Let someone new come forth.

[Azulito]

7 minutes ago, superglowy said:

Honestly yeah, **** it. Either they win bigly on these platforms or at least they go down with conviction and principles and fighting for change. The idea of easing people into major change is moot now.

Biden's presidency and the rejection of his administration imo is proof that people don't want gradual change, or at the very least are not going to be excited enough to vote for it. Running on policies that are popular with 80% of Americans is what will win elections.

[Shawn]

Whose idea was it to play 'Run the World (Girls)' at this Kamala concession speech.  

[Bloo]

2 minutes ago, ClashAndBurn said:

I think the kii here is that there is none. The best you get is Krystal, Kyle and Friends, TYT (with Ana Kasparian defecting), and Majority Report with Sam Seder and Emma Vigeland

 

Briahna Joy Gray also has Bad Faith Pod, but I sincerely doubt there's much appetite for that brand of commentary from most people here.

 

Hasan Piker livestreams on Twitch and he's the only commentator with any sort of reach beyond… niche subsets of leftists insulated in microscopic bubbles. And even then, there's no competing with Rogan, Louder With Crowder, Tim Pool, or Dave Rubin.

I mean, this is naturally going to be the case. Rogan isn't really a political podcast so he's going to bring in a wider audience. But the right wing outlets get corporate sponsors much more readily than leftist outlets and that's largely because they're pro-corporations and leftist outlets are not. I think the ones you mentioned are generally pretty good. TYT is... questionable on a lot of things. But, they have good tendencies for calling out the shortcomings of the Democratic Party. A lot of the more progressive pundits were advertising too much copium IMO. I appreciated Cenk trying to win over people to vote Kamala because he thought it was the net positive and when he had a call with a view that said they'd not consider voting Kamala because they have lost family in Gaza, Cenk just nodded his head and said he understood and won't try to convince him because this caller shouldn't be put in such a situation. So, TYT is problematic as f*** and I will call them out happily. But they have their moments.

 

Krystal is solid. I also think Briahna Joy Gray is a good voice but she is definitely not for most people in this thread.

[rivers]

1 minute ago, FameFatale said:

New post from a girl I went to high school with that is a LESBIAN and married, "Welcome back President Trump! We need you more than ever!!!"

 

Ma'am start packing your bags. 

 

******* hell he made inroads with every demographic but college educated women. My world view seems like it's collapsing before me and idk what to do

 

[FameFatale]

A movie I suggest watching this weekend is Idiocracy. We're living that now. and Maya Rudolph is in it

 

 

[ClashAndBurn]

Alrighty Mamala, come out and give your speech that you should have given hours ago.

[Bloo]

5 minutes ago, Relampago. said:

Kamala is election POISON! 

 

She ran a horrible campaign in 2020

If we want to be pedantic, she was so terrible her campaign didn't even make it to the 2020 calendar year. 

 

Kamala is done. If she wanted a more glowing career on the national stage she should have stayed in the Senate. Her strength in prosecuting other people by asking tough questions was what made her look like a viable option. When she's asked to speak off the cuff on personal matters (e.g., what do you believe in?), she falls apart. Her career is done and we should do nothing to revive it. She can write a few books or whatever.

 

The Democratic Party, if it cares about becoming successful, needs to restart.

 

[FameFatale]

1 minute ago, rivers said:

******* hell he made inroads with every demographic but college educated women. My world view seems like it's collapsing before me and idk what to do

 

Plot twist, this woman is an nurse practitioner on the OBGYN floor. 

[Lose My Breath]

14 minutes ago, Bloo said:

Oh, what a throwback.

 

Trump literally ran on 0 policy though

[Bamboo]

Slotkin winning Michigan is just proof people really hate Biden and Harris 

[Virgos Groove]

Biden, do an auto-coup. Implement the people's military regime! Long live the Biden-Sanders-Pelosi junta!

 

[bad guy]

2 hours ago, Ghiles said:

Gen Z being MAGA Trumpsters is absolutely insane

 

After just finishing undergrad about the time the Israel/Palestine situation blew up, all while the cost of everything blew up, all while the state of the world has inched closer and closer to WW3, all while the sitting president was deteriorating in front of us, all while the media was saying everything was fine, all while the youth vote outreach for Kamala was basically just saying she's "brat"…yeah it's not that surprising.

 

 

 

I still stand by the fact that Gen Z as a whole aren't Trump supporters, or even conservatives, it's just that we are living in extremely hopeless times and there was really no incentive for many young people to vote for Kamala when they don't even believe the current administration was actually fighting for them. Nothing was tangible. There's definitely evidence to suggest that right-wing populist podcasters who's messaging is "common sense" definitely have had some sort of impact on young men in particular but I genuinely think Gen Z is more apolitical than outright conservative. The youth vote did support progressive measures in their states while many also voting Trump. That would indicate that on actual individual issues Gen Z aren't conservatives. From my own experience, Gen Z are much less attached to party, view the party system as a sham, or are apolitical. But if you were to talk to them about gay marriage, trans issues, and other social issues the left proposes they are very much in favor of people's freedoms to be who they are. I understand this is anecdotal, and of course there are Gen Z that would disagree like in any generation, but nothing this election cycle shows me they have outright rejected these social issues no matter what Millenials on Twitter say.

 

The real thing to watch out for is Gen Alpha because that is a generation completely raised on social media algorithm's and mindless groupthink in a way previous generations haven't experienced. They're also children still and children are naturally kinda mindless and follow whatever's "cool" just to fit in. We just won't be able to see how that will affect their vote until 2028.