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FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
People claimed the same thing when Biden won in 2020. That the republicans would have to moderate, that anyone trump like wouldnt get elected again. And yet…
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Biden didn’t decimate the republicans.
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
What’s your definition of “decimate”.
Macron beat the french far right 75% a bit less than a decade ago, and now his party is on the major decline and the far right has the highest popular vote and are favourites to win the next election.
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Decimate means a 10% reduction… to put to death one soldier from each squad of 10.
Last night on ABC’s party room Fran Kelly quoted a sitting liberal member saying the party faces an existential threat, although Fran did note that sounded like hyperbole.
Of course I acknowledge that the liberal party can return to strength before the next election but will they need more centrist policies to do so?