@mpjgregoire so, you support affirmative action for Black people in college admissions?
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@evan they've got enough on their plate with the fires that DT is starting. When your country is falling apart all around you it's hard to find the time to worry about war in another.
@evan Based on the analysis I've read, Gaza didn't split the party last time, at least not in a way that made a difference. In terms of vote counts, Democratic candidates did well in swing states, comparable to 2020, but Republican turnout was significantly higher than usual. Not a defense of the Democratic party or platform though.
@elplatt and Democrats stayed home.
@evan It's just not true. Look at the swing states. A comparable number of Democrats voted in 2020 and 2024.
@elplatt about half a million fewer in swing states with raw numbers.
https://al-shabaka.org/briefs/depressing-the-vote-genocide-and-2024-us-presidential-race/
@evan Let's talk about the analysis in that article. The 700,000 uncommitted votes were in the primary, not in the general. The 422,000 number is voter demobilization, not Gaza. The article talks about states where elections "have" been won by 10k votes without mentioning that the actual margins were much higher in 2024, between 30k and 187k. The total number of D votes lost in swing states was 78,519 vs a 810,994 gain for Republicans. The article is intentionally misleading.
@evan I'd prefer a better position from many elected Dems, but I don't think a lack of one hurts them in the house elections. Someone could maybe make the case for harm in specific Senate races. They can run on anti-Trump sentiment do well.
https://polls.decisiondeskhq.com/averages/generic-ballot/national/lv-rv-adults
I say this as I fund my pro-Palestinian, pro-arms-embargo primary challenger in #sanfrancisco
It's interesting to see men of South Asian descent involved in progressive politics in the USA. There's probably a lot of conflation of ethnic backgrounds in voters' minds.
If pushed, I'd estimate that a double-digit percentage of the New York electorate believes mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is Arab.
Maybe that will happen with Chakrabarti also.
@evan@cosocial.ca If the democratic party wants to fracture over foreign policy...while a fascist movement is gaining strength, they deserve the pain.
