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therobots927 ◴[] No.45266704[source]
I for one will be holding my representatives responsible who continue to vote for the US to enable a genocide. The videos coming out of Gaza have turned me and many others into single issue voters.
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mandeepj ◴[] No.45268633[source]
> The videos coming out of Gaza have turned me and many others into single issue voters.

Ironically, that was one of the biggest campaign points and voter sentiment on which people flipped to Red. We all know what happened.

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JumpCrisscross ◴[] No.45269586[source]
> that was one of the biggest campaign points and voter sentiment on which people flipped to Red

This is nonsense outside Michigan. And to the extent this happened, I'd have to say pro-Palestinian voters in swing states casting with the guy who initiated the Muslim ban and recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital essentially communicated that they were fine throwing millions of people in the Middle East under the bus to satisfy their vanity.

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abustamam ◴[] No.45269655{3}[source]
Even Wayne County, Michigan, which has Dearborn, stayed blue.

Though I was honestly surprised at how much of my Muslim community was so anti-Harris that they voted for Trump. Harris may be pro-Israel, but Trump is anti-almost everything else we stand for.

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JumpCrisscross ◴[] No.45269677{4}[source]
> how much of my Muslim community was so anti-Harris that they voted for Trump

I'm honestly split between pro-Palestinian Arab-American Trump voters and soybean-farming Trump voters as the stupidest voting blocks of 2024. Not only are you helping put someone in power who is so obviously going to work against your interests. You've also removed yourself from the other party's table where your issue might have gained priority down the road.

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1. cgio ◴[] No.45269999[source]
Maybe the thinking is that if you stop waiting for your turn and remove yourself from the table, someone will move your issue up the road to get you back to the table.
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2. JumpCrisscross ◴[] No.45270588[source]
> if you stop waiting for your turn and remove yourself from the table, someone will move your issue up the road to get you back to the table

This doesn’t work unless you have the numbers to field your own candidate.