• splonglo@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    not true on the Gaza issue ALONE.

    There were two pro-palestine campaigns: The Uncommited movement and Abandon Harris. The Uncommited people ended up endorsing Kamala, while Abandon Harris endorsed Jill Stein - who only got 0.56 % of the vote. So not only would it make no fucking difference if every single Jill voter had gone for Kamala, but the rest of the movement ACTIVELY supported Harris. And this movement was not even the left - it included the left sure, but it was a broad coalition of various demographics - not JUST the left!

    So show me the data - I am not going through your comment history looking for it.

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      3 months ago

      https://www.commondreams.org/news/harris-gaza

      A YouGov poll backed by the Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU) Policy Project and released on Wednesday showed that among the 19 million people who voted for President Joe Biden in 2020 but did not vote in 2024, nearly a third named Israel’s U.S.-backed war on Gaza as a top reason for staying home.

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        3 months ago

        If that is true, then it sounds like the Dems should start catering to the left, instead of telling them to sit down and shut up.

        Additionally, that poll says “…a top reason…”, not the only reason. Look at the other issues listed in the poll:

        • The economy
        • Medicare and Social Security
        • Immigration and border security
        • Healthcare
        • Abortion policy

        All things that the Democrats keep campaigning on, but doing practially nothing about.