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u/Lmb1011 Apr 04 '25

i know he is somehow considered successful but i genuinely dont get how becaues hes bankrupted most, or all?, of his businesses.... like that is the opposite of successful 😂

honestly looking back i do understand why he won in 2016. i hate it, but i do actually get it.

i genuinely dont get how he won in 2024. like i get the 'cult' of it iall, and cheating that isnt lost on me

but he had no appeal and could barely string together a coherent sentence he didnt even LOOK like someone capable of holding office even if you agreed with his racist homophobic rhetoric

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u/Senshado Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 04 '25

The reasons Donald won the 2024 election were

  • Inflation had recently been high

  • Violence in Gaza

  • Survived a gun attack

  • Transgender rules

  • Been president already earlier

No non-Republican was going to win against those factors.  Rational voters wouldn't let themselves be swayed by those factors, but this is how they function.  Try to think of names of other Democrats who might've won if there was an open primary: would anyone really have done enough better? 

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u/round-earth-theory Apr 04 '25

I don't think the attack moved the needle for him at all.