USA Politics

[Azas]

New Yorkers have voted — I certainly won’t lose any sleep over it.

 

[Vaenyr]

Dems made good wins. At this point I truly don’t care where they land between left and center as long as they are blue.

I agree with the overall point, but the reason I focus so much on anti-LGBTQ campaigns:

It's been a common point of discussion in this thread, trying to paint it as an advantageous strategy for the Dems or rather pretending trans people were a significant deciding factor in last year's elections.

Data consistently showed that this isn't true. With Mamdani we can clearly see that he got fantastic numbers from queer voters. In other words:

There's no group of voters out there that would normally vote blue but voted for Trump instead because the Dems were too trans friendly. There is no gaining votes as a Democrat by demonizing trans people. No conservative or moderate would change their vote based solely on that. Holding steady, being an ally and supporting LGBTQ minorities will get you their support though. Given how close some of those races have been over the last few years I think it is vitally important to keep that in mind, especially with Newsom's problematic views and a potential candidacy in 2028 in mind.

TL;DR: The Dems need to stop throwing minorities under the bus and should instead focus on the working class and the economy.

 

[Vaenyr]

But the salt from Mamdani's win is absolutely hilarious. Great results for the Dems and a massive source of entertainment? Hell yeah!

 

[Mosh]

I agree with the overall point, but the reason I focus so much on anti-LGBTQ campaigns:

It's been a common point of discussion in this thread, trying to paint it as an advantageous strategy for the Dems or rather pretending trans people were a significant deciding factor in last year's elections.

Data consistently showed that this isn't true. With Mamdani we can clearly see that he got fantastic numbers from queer voters. In other words:

There's no group of voters out there that would normally vote blue but voted for Trump instead because the Dems were too trans friendly. There is no gaining votes as a Democrat by demonizing trans people. No conservative or moderate would change their vote based solely on that. Holding steady, being an ally and supporting LGBTQ minorities will get you their support though. Given how close some of those races have been over the last few years I think it is vitally important to keep that in mind, especially with Newsom's problematic views and a potential candidacy in 2028 in mind.

TL;DR: The Dems need to stop throwing minorities under the bus and should instead focus on the working class and the economy.

I’m not sure I see the relevance of this to the victories last night in multiple states.

 

[Spaldy]

The fightback against maga and the far-right begins here. It's a fantastic result and hopefully a sign that America has turned a corner.

 

[Vaenyr]

I’m not sure I see the relevance of this to the victories last night in multiple states.

It's meta commentary in response to the bluesky post I shared on the previous page and a few dozen back-and-forths over the last year in this thread.

 

[Mosh]

The fightback against maga and the far-right begins here. It's a fantastic result and hopefully a sign that America has turned a corner.

The first thing to watch is going to be the shutdown fight. Democrats gain a lot of leverage here. Trump is calling for the end of the filibuster, but you also see folks like MTG showing support for democrats demands to extend Obamacare subsidies. I think it’s highly likely at this point that democrats will leave the shutdown with concessions from republicans, which would be a significant legislative loss for Trump.