• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    a) because they assume the Nikki Haley vote will flip to Biden

    If Biden moves far enough right to grab a handful of Haley voters… Hed lose 10x the votes he gains.

    The most we should try to get republicans to do is abstain, the payoff for courting Republican votes has never been worth it.

    Biden is definitely trying to get Haley voters, it’s just a god awful strategy

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      7 months ago

      Yeah, but what you’re missing is that big business Democratic donors love it when the Democrats move right, so that’s what they do every single fucking time.

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        7 months ago

        I saw a Jordan Klepper clip yesterday where he talked to Haley voters…

        Most said Trump was terrible, that 1/6 was a violent insurrection, but that they’d still have to “pick the lesser of two evils” and vote trump because they’d never vote Democrat.

        It just doesn’t make any sense.

        Neither Haley voters or Biden’s campaign team. None of what they’re doing makes sense.

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      7 months ago

      I don’t think he’s been appealing to Haley voters on the policy front at all. His new budget proposal is anathema to the republican way of thought, even the less crazy sections. He is appealing to Haley voters on the decency front, which he absolutely should. Even if you are a conservative, Trump should drastically frighten you. Not because he’s not a conservative, but because he is a destructive demagogue. Biden is appealing to voters with a distaste for that because he is not that, simple as.

      Edit: Can someone help me understand how I said something controversial here? Does anyone have any examples of the Biden campaign making policy adjustments to gain Haley voters?