07-01-2024, 07:39 PM
(07-01-2024, 02:12 PM)PhoenixDark wrote: I'm not sure whether this is an example of the danger of selecting a terrible VP or the danger these new dem aides and assistants pose to candidates. Kamala was a pretty normal, non-weird senator initially. She was rather cut throat during the Kavanaugh hearings but I didn't think that was a bad thing at the time; if anything it put her on the map. Then a few months before the 2020 primary began she started talking like a kindergarten teacher, pandering to black voters on cultural items, and making odd speeches. Followed by an embarrassing primary performance, including looking like an idiot during the debates. If you remember, everyone on that stage except for Biden (and Sanders lol) sounded like a complete loon. Everyone threw Obama's presidency under the bus despite him being the most popular politician in the country, and they all started peddling policies and phrases that are popular online but have no popularity in real life.
Long story short: somebody clearly told Kamala she needed to be more likable and she took that to mean "talk to people like they are 5 years old." Her staff constantly has her doing goofy shit too. I don't get it. She had a perfect opportunity to simply LOOK competent under Biden and failed.
It's as incomprehensible as the appeal of "modern" Taylor Swift but from what I can tell, the women do like it.
Her 'Save Democracy/Abortion' events gather bigger crowds than Biden, she gets lots of cheers and claps when she's on TV.
I would argue she's partially responsible for that better than expected midterms result with a high turn-out for the ladies.
She also seems to mimic the Apple/Microsoft/Disney corpo style with her videos.
Where either it's "sup girl" or "womensplaining".
As far as I can tell she's pretty popular with the "yasss queen" and "none of your actions should have consequences" crowd.
The type of folks that drive SUVs to a climate protest.
James Carville also talked about this:
However, I think he's wrong and they just need to double down on it more. They can't fully commit with old man Biden and his Corvettes and trains.
I think Kamala would be a better candidate for the Democrats, simply because the Swifties will make a plan to vote for Kamala 4 months before the election and the crypto bros find out they need to register 2 days after the election.
Even though he likes to pretend otherwise, Trump's support is still transactional. His voters want him to fix migration, lower gas prices, reduce inflation or deregulate crypto.
With women it's different, they are the biggest victims of crime caused by open borders. Yet most of them will still vote for liberals because of some misguided idea of righteousness or (dis)liking a candidate.
Make no mistake ~80% of purchasing decisions are made by women. You are not the target audience for all those silly cringe ad campaigns or even most of the products you buy.
Some very smart people in the Democratic party are saying: "Why wouldn't 80% of women make voting decisions?".
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