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comment by ButterflyEffect
ButterflyEffect  ·  1483 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Post election discussion thread.

    Hence why Biden is so lacking for them; he doesn't have a business plan that is easy to pitch and he doesn't have the "killer" instinct that a "business man" has, as opposed to a life-long politician who waffles and negotiates and compromises and is largely ineffectual in the end.
    The WORK is actually getting done. (In their estimation.)

He doesn't appeal to white, and especially white male, fragility and ego. It's that simple.





uhsguy  ·  1483 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Exit Polls if you believe them, actually say exactly the opposite. The fragile white male ego was actually the biggest looser for trump. This is based off previous performance ofcourse in aggregate republicans don’t do well with minorities but he’s made progress rather unexpectedly

ButterflyEffect  ·  1483 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The last two elections have shown that “everything is made up, and the polls don’t matter”!

(Cue Drew Carey)

wasoxygen  ·  1482 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think you're right to be skeptical of polls that show that, e.g. Trump Is Losing Ground With White Voters.

But what then is your evidence for concluding that Biden doesn't appeal to white male voters?

ButterflyEffect  ·  1482 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I’m also skeptical of Nate Silver at this point!

https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54783016

oyster  ·  1482 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Dude, that’s like saying the Teletubbies biggest lose was fans under 7. They’re still the reason they exist.