Why didn't the Blue Wave happen?

Biden will probably win but only just. He badly underscored his polling, as did the Democrats nationally.

Im not interested in Trumpian conspiracy theories about the polls and I get that Biden did win the popular vote on a high turnout. Even so...

Trump increased both his vote share and amount. The Lincoln Project made huge efforts to try and shift Conservatives to Biden but it didn't really materialise. In spite of all the things Trump has said and done, he increased his votes with minorities. In spite of his awful covid handling, he is still favoured by people who prioritise the economy.

Im interested in what people think.

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Tinkles

Someone put it great earlier when asked the same. The answer was stark and bloody obvious.

If you target people, call them racist Nazis, and blame every world problem on them, obviously they are not going to vote for you.

Ynotisay · M

@Tinkles Who did that? Biden?

Tinkles

@Ynotisay Democrats in general

uncalled4 · 56-60, M

@Tinkles A really good point, but we live in this strange binary world where people really think that they can go around and name call--Trump is not the only one--and expect cooperation.

Tinkles

@uncalled4 both sides are as bad as each other but was just stating it in context of the question

Ynotisay · M

@Tinkles Both sides are as bad? No. No they're not. You can tell yourself that if you want but it isn't rooted in any reality. It's rooted in what people have been fed by those manipulating Americans. It's like hanging on to what the one climate change denying scientist says without caring that they're paid by an oil company to say that. Creating false equivalences is a tool. It really is.