• zoloftt@lemmy.world
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    That’s not necessarily true. Talarico beat Paxton by 20pts

    While I do feel that some candidates were exactly that, I wouldn’t ignore that some candidates have genuine merit.

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      Individual candidates were absolutely supported. The perception of the Democratic party by the people voting for them is bad. Myself included. Rank and file Democrats do not like the leadership of the party. One can only hope some of the new Senators and Representatives can push for better leadership.

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        I mean I agree that neo-lib and corpo dems definitely weren’t the appeal but, you vote for a person. That’s how it works hahaha.

        Just wanted to highlight that not everyone was voted in on hatred alone.

        I honestly believe that the hatred aspect mostly drove people that wouldn’t normally vote at all, to finally vote.

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          Exit polling is always a bit fun to interpret, but it’s a lot along the lines of “Oh I hate all politicians. Not my candidate though, he’s great! Just all the other ones.”