• meowMix2525
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    3 hours ago

    Nope, didn’t say that. I said the perfect voters they are courting instead of progressive voters are imaginary.

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      1 hour ago

      Oh, well that’s still pretty stupid. Centrist voters are by definition less loyal, since they have to be courted in the first place. Democrats don’t expect centrist voters to be unquestioningly loyal, or else they wouldn’t even advertise to them.

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        47 minutes ago

        No, I’d say they’re pretty loyal to republicans (else you’d be correct, Democrats wouldn’t be courting them with republican policy) and they don’t question the status quo or capitalism, which gives Democrats plenty of room to maintain loyalty to their donors.

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          45 minutes ago

          I’d say they’re pretty loyal to republicans (else you’d be correct, Democrats wouldn’t be courting them with republican policy)

          That makes no sense at all. If they’re loyal to Republicans, why would Democrats court them at all?

          The entire POINT is that they’re NOT loyal, to anyone. They’re low-information, easily-swayed voters. They’re the “I hate politics” type. They’re the “oh he seems like a decent guy” type.

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            34 minutes ago

            I don’t know, you tell me why democrats are cedeing ground to the republicans on immigration, climate, and foreign policy instead of making the smallest effort to defend very popular progressive stances.

            Edit: Also, yes. That is why they are imaginary. If they’re voting for Trump in 2024 and can’t be simply bought via campaign advertising then they aren’t going to be convinced and they are not marginal voters. But man would democrats like to have that same kind of loyalty.