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  • Fair enough. Probably one of those areas where Ds and Rs agree, but for different reasons.

    Like when you say “America is going in the wrong direction” and Ds are like “yeah, we’re moving rightward and closer to a Christian theocracy and it sucks” and Rs are like “yeah, we’re moving leftward and toward a woke secular communist state”

    I guess it just struck me as gross because we have like significantly more people locked up in the US than any other country on earth.




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    Only 34% of Americans and barely over half of Harris supporters believing in Trans rights is pretty fucking depressing.

    61% believing the criminal justice system is too lenient? What the fuck?

    63% believing the government should ensure health care (including 1/3 of republicans) is encouraging at least.

    Over half of both parties (55%D, 76%R) believe the US should be the world’s only superpower. Barf.

    America really sucks sometimes.









  • Mark Kelly is super moderate - that’s the only negative thing about him as far as I know. It’s possible his moderation was more about being elected in AZ and he might be free to be more left-leaning if he were on a national stage, but that’s like… not usually how it goes.

    For Pete, it’s more of an “electibility” question - whether him being a gay man would turn off some voters? I would love to think we’re passed that on the left, but it’s an untested assumption.

    And just to be clear, Pete and Mark are actually my top picks for VP, on a personal level. I’m just playing Trump’s advocate for the sake of discussion.