• LilB0kChoy
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    2 months ago

    polling shows most republican voters are *not* in favor of extreme abortion restrictions. They want abortion up to a certain point and for certain reasons.

    So those polled voters indicate what they want in a poll.

    But when they’re told the other side is murdering full-norn babies, they go for what seems to them like the lesser evil.

    Yet those same voters elect (choose) the politicians (their representatives who speak for them) who want something different.

    Again I ask why a distinction should be made, in regards to voters and politicians, when discussing party. Seems to me like both groups, voters and politicians, say one thing and do another.

    As Maya Angelou once said, “When someone tells you who they are, believe them.”

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      2 months ago

      So those polled voters indicate what they want in a poll. Yet those same voters elect (choose) the politicians (their representatives who speak for them) who want something different.

      By that logic, everyone who votes for Harris supports Israel’s genocide against Palestine. Voters make the choice they feel is best out of what they’re given.

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        2 months ago

        Unless I missed something about how Kamala Harris is running for President of Israel, then no.

        Though it would mean anybody who votes for Harris, should she be elected, shares responsibility for her policies, including any enacted around Israel.

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      2 months ago

      Because understanding people’s motivations is valuable in figuring out how to reach them. But I’m obviously fucking up the circle jerk.