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[–]hylia 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (10 children)

What does the Democratic Party benefit from if this is indeed a hoax?

[–]King_Brutus 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (7 children)

What I've seen is that it is being played up to make Trump looked bad so every decision he makes they can criticize as well as point to him for being at fault for every downturn of the pandemic.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

the idea is to rile up the dem base and get them to vote. In 2016 not enough of them came out to vote for Hillary, and now we have Biden who similarly no one is excited about. Will it work, we shall see. I think they equally pissed off people, moderates who hate seeing blacks loot, they may switch from a Biden or stay at home to Trump due to that.

[–]FarmerGD 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Excuse me, didn't Clinton win the popular vote in 2016? Riling up left-leaning voters likely won't make a difference, as most places where these nonvoting voters are already Democrat controlled. If more people voted Democrat, but these people already did so in Democrat controlled states, how would this make a difference in the electoral college, as these Democrat controlled states have an all-or-nothing elector system? If they want to improve their chances, they need to steal states they don't control. For every left voter they rile up, they affect a right voter also. The Democrats want nothing more than slander: they know they can't win outright with sleepy Joe, so they have to demonize their opponents draw support. However, those that they are trying to steal see their efforts as bullshit, at least largely. The Democrats, in an attempt to draw voters from across the aisle, have instead made themselves look foolish, underhanded, and destructive.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

5 times prez's have won without popular vote, only electoral college matters. Voting really doesn't matter except it can pressure electors in swing states to go along with how the vote went, and none have gone against that yet. Hillary didn't even bother to campaign in rust belt, probably know she had no chance but still. Should have known then she'd lose in that case, and in that case a case can be made that she lost on purpose so the rich could get tax cuts.

Where are a lolt of these BLM things happened, rust belt. Also swing states. Sure all over USA but places minnesota where floyd died are a swing state. You're right it may also piss off repub voters in said swing states. Hard for me to predict this one cuz a lot of weird stuff is going on, covid hurting the economy, BLM.

[–]SeasonedReason 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Excuse me, didn't Clinton win the popular vote in 2016?

Discounting the votes of non-citizens and the dead, no, she didn't.

[–]FarmerGD 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Fair point

[–]jelliknight 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

IF it was a hoax, it'd be one that benefited the republicans.

Who's refusing to wear masks? Who's refusing to lock down and stay inside? Not democratic voters. And with the republicans fighting tooth and nail to prevent mail votes (which are totally fine, every other nation does postal votes and it doesn't cause fraud), and the virus still accelerating, it will be the democrats who stay home for safety instead of standing in line in a crowded public space. Black voters also are more susceptible to the virus, and more likely to vote democrat.

IF it is a hoax (it isn't) it's one that's FOR Trump.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

so you ask who is refusing masks and lockdowns, it is reoubs yes but also people that just don't usually care to vote, people that don't pay attention to politics in the first place. Dems are ones that need a high turnout to win. Repubs wouldn't mind if these people either stay home, or sure vote repub, that of course can't hurt trump. Why do these people stay home why do they not care, because well they don't see a difference in parties, they figure the economy is the same either way, which is the most important topic. If we see a terrible economy you see people coming out to vote dem such as in 2008.

[–]rdh2121 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

And what about the rest of the world? Are they in on it with the Democrats?

[–]Mein_Tarnaccount 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It was just half a million pranks, bro. Covid is a conspiracy to get us to wear masks so security cameras and facial recognition software become less effective. So they can control us better. Because that makes complete sense.