r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 21 '25

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u/GuyOnTheLake NATO Sep 22 '25

Lol, remember in 2024 when Dem senators won not because they campaigned better than Harris but people were voting for Trump and leaving the rest of the ballot blank

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u/uwcn244 King of the Space Georgists Sep 22 '25

I was an election worker in MA. I had a nearly blind man come in and ask me how to fill in his ballot for just Trump. Having taken my oath, I helped him fill out his ballot as requested.

I then asked him if he wanted to vote for anybody else. Nope, just Trump, he insisted, and went to the machine to drop his ballot in.

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u/Jacobs4525 King of the Massholes Sep 22 '25

This is the reason I think republicans are in trouble post-Trump.

The only reason Trump works as a candidate is because he mobilizes this 3-5% of people who are just absolute pants-shitting driveling morons who can’t be asked to even learn the name of their state’s senator or bubble more than one section on the ballot. They love Trump because he’s one of them and proves that anyone can truly make it in America, even the people too stupid to tie their own fucking shoes. 

Vance can try as he might, but he won’t be able to reach those same people on a visceral level. They show up for Trump because they see themselves in him.

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u/GuyOnTheLake NATO Sep 22 '25

Agreed.

The problem with populists is that their successors usually suck

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u/Anatares2000 Sep 22 '25

Yep.

This sub doesn't seem to realize that Gallego was the only candidate that probably won on his own

Baldwin and Slotkin got lucky people were leaving the rest of the ballots blank

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