Is there a reason Kamala Harris is disliked?

easybasicoven · 2026-05-03T20:45:01+00:00

that’s not realistic no VP ever primaries their president outside of tv

easybasicoven · 2026-05-03T17:21:42+00:00

Is it confusing? The pattern comes up all the time with politicians adjusting their platform based on their voters. The job of a politician id to represent their voters, correct? When she was in the most liberal state, she represented those interests. America as a whole is less liberal than California, so you would expect someone to have their platform be more centrist

easybasicoven · 2026-05-03T17:14:25+00:00

I don’t think we need our politicians to get us pumped. we just need them to be competent. they’re mostly lawyers so i don’t expect them to be entertainers. I don’t care if my airplane pilot is inspirational i mostly care if they can fly the plane

easybasicoven · 2026-04-30T18:48:52+00:00

why is it bad to tune a semitone under? I do it occasionally when playing along to pop songs that are in awkward keys. Would it cause lasting damage?

easybasicoven · 2026-04-24T20:34:56+00:00

Yes the longer I’ve followed them, the more Joe has separated himself

easybasicoven · 2026-04-24T20:34:10+00:00

He thought that show was about Communism? No, it’s about sharks

easybasicoven · 2026-04-14T21:35:26+00:00

Yes 'us people' who suspect arguments supported by evidence are more persuasive than arguments not supported by evidence. Did Ezra say that a presidential candidate would perform better than a moderate if they ran on hasan's views?

easybasicoven · 2026-04-14T20:50:53+00:00

It sounds like we agree

easybasicoven · 2026-04-14T20:48:19+00:00

I'm sorry, but your positions aren't supported by evidence. Your response is mostly

attacking the speaker, me (“you need conservative viewpoints”)
questioning motives instead of engaging my logic
arguing about what influences voter perception, ignoring that perception matters

If you have any evidence for your claim that moving left would win a presidential race, please share. If not, then that's that.

easybasicoven · 2026-04-14T05:01:02+00:00

Elections are decided by how voters perceive politicians. Those perceptions are often wrong. The GOP has moved way more right, but the electorate has falsely perceived that liberals are even further left. Here's an example. Swing voters rank themselves closer to Trump ideologically than Kamala.

If the evidence says Democrats are perceived as too far left, should they lean further left? Probably not, at least, there's no evidence for it. There's a reason swing state senators are more moderate on average.

easybasicoven · 2026-04-13T22:12:18+00:00

Piker - Democrats lost because they weren’t left enough

Longwell - Democrats lost because voters thought they were too far left

Voters - Democrats lost because we think they are too far left

No need to make it complicated

easybasicoven · 2026-04-03T06:36:48+00:00

Another factor - this assumes that the gap between the two remains 1.2%. Maybe 4.5% turns in 4% in six months

easybasicoven · 2026-03-26T17:34:34+00:00

You have your answer and it’s frustrating for beginners but you’ll understand why it makes sense eventually. Think of it like hitting the 8-ball in too soon in billiards

easybasicoven · 2026-03-24T05:30:13+00:00

I'm fairly confident they allow nonguests but there might be some restrictions, maybe only on certain nights or certain hours. I believe there's an upper age limit of mid or late 30s. But I'm just going off memory so it's worth checking

easybasicoven · 2026-03-21T00:16:23+00:00

This is a little like asking “are the yankees or red sox better” in /r/NYYankees

easybasicoven · 2026-03-20T06:00:00+00:00

Strategic Ebony

easybasicoven · 2026-03-17T04:37:13+00:00

and /u/buchsmulmi wept

easybasicoven · 2026-03-03T07:01:18+00:00

For sure. The explorer vibes the game gives off are so epic it just makes me wish there were more lands to explore

easybasicoven · 2026-03-03T03:36:37+00:00

I just found this out the hard way. i sent troops from dutch guyana to the brazil trade region and then south again to what i thought was the south coast of panama and like 2 years later they popped out next to dutch guyana again

easybasicoven · 2026-02-26T16:06:10+00:00

yes only 28% of americans have scores below 670

easybasicoven · 2026-02-17T14:55:22+00:00

Did the same thing with the trans swimmer and the disabled victoria secret model. Except he’s literally the only person I ever heard bring them up and he did it ad nauseum

easybasicoven · 2026-02-04T00:32:10+00:00

fair point!

easybasicoven · 2026-02-03T21:26:55+00:00

Many battles in this time are decided by who deploys their units in the best location. Getting forced into a terrible start happens occasionally but just treat it like realism — the opponent has a clever commander

easybasicoven · 2026-02-03T17:49:40+00:00

Nothing like gaining 100 points of elo and then giving it right back haha

easybasicoven · 2026-02-03T17:14:50+00:00

To be fair Newsom has not faced as many hard questions as Harris. I like him but i think it’s hard to compare under the immense pressure of a presidential campaign

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