• alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    When you give people hope, and then either do nothing or the opposite of what people want, it’s not “idiot voters” fault, it’s the candidate’s fault for not doing what the people you depend on to keep your job wanted.

    The people Biden depends on want him to end the genocide. The people Biden depends on want cheap EVs/solar panels. It’s not “idiot voters” fault when Biden doesn’t do these things and fails to get reelected.

    Political representation goes one way, the candidates do what their constituents want or they don’t get elected. Republican politicians understand that, and that’s why their voter base turns out at a higher rate, sadly their voter base is people who want to make everything worse.

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      7 months ago

      candidates do what their constituents want or they don’t get elected

      You are living in a dream world then. Candidates do what the money tells them to do – and it’s been this way for 40+ years, exacerbated by the Citizens United decision. That’s a huge part of the problem. But if the voter base had a clue in the first place, we would have better people in office by now. So yes, it comes down to idiot uneducated voters.

      I wish you luck in your endeavors.