• givesomefucks@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 months ago

    They’re ignoring the people who could be convinced to vote D in favor of Trumpers who will never vote D.

    It’s just terrible strategy, especially it results in republicans going further right.

    • The goal isn’t to get that guy’s supporters, but rather the Never Trumpers.

      As I’ve written before, https://lemmy.world/comment/12409521 , there’s reason to believe that Never Trumper split voters are what pushed Biden past the line into a 2020 win. So this is actually the right strategy.

      I suspect the problem is that the voters you are seeking are likely folks who live in places like California and New York - winning over those voters in states that will almost certainly swing for Harris in the Electoral College (EC) anyways won’t count for as much. The EC is really bad - it’s forcing the Dems more rightward to cater to folks who live in the midwest, in smaller states, and in battleground states - over the more populous views of Californians and such.