• t3rmit3@beehaw.org
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    15+ million Democrats sat out compared to voting for Biden. I suspect this was less about Harris not being progressive enough, and more about sexism.

    I repeatedly heard Democrats tell me they didn’t think America was going to elect a woman president, and it looks like what they meant was they wouldn’t elect one.

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      15+ million

      That’s a huge number btw, almost unbelievable imho

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      i suspect it has more to do with the fact that she supported genocide against Arabs abroad, and she needed Arab-Americans to win this election.

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        I wish I could at least believe it was about principles, but my gut tells me otherwise. This gap looks too similar to Hillary’s in 2016.

        If there’s a ~20% drop in your voters every time a woman is up for election, you’ve got a problem.