Comment on Why are Republicans struggling in Swing State Elections?
Carrolade@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
After the election, AOC reached out to her constituents to ask why some of them would vote for both Trump and her.
There’s a variety of answers, but the general sentiment is people want some way to “shake up Washington” without a real understanding of how exactly that would work or what would happen.
BadmanDan@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I saw that. Do those people not realize AOC & trump have very different stances on issues? AOC will vote against like 90% of Trump’s agenda, and Trump won’t implement what she wants. If shaking up Washington means “nothing changes because bipartisanship is dead”, then okay I guess.
Carrolade@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They don’t really think it that far through. Policy proposals aren’t considered, it’s more about vibe.
RobotToaster@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
I once read that socially conservative but economically left wing voters are quite a large group, but usually get very little representation. It’s just a guess, but it makes sense that those people would vote for AOC on economics while tolerating her on social issues. On the other hand economically right wing democrats like Kamala would have zero appeal to people like that.