Do you realize how small a percentage this actually is?

Only 33% of the pop lives in swing states, only about half of those are Democrats, only about 2% are defectors. You are bitching about 1/3 of 1% of the pop.

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/26/nx-s1-5447450/trump-2024-election-non-voters-coalition

Maybe check your facts and stop spreading disinformation to cover for the abject failures of the DNC leadership and their chosen candidates. It's not like we didn't have two presidential elections prior to 2024 where the Dems lost or nearly lost to learn from yet they decided to lean into these failed strategies even harder in 2024 with very predictable results. It's almost as if they wanted Trump to win.

I dunno a single leftist irl who didn't vote for Kamala

I voted for Kamala. Do I get to criticize the republican nazis and democrat asskissers and pushover cosplaying liberals letting all this happen? Or is this the part where you tell me that any criticism of Democrats is evil and wrong and I need to commit to supporting Gavin Newsom three years in advance or I'm exactly as bad as MAGA?

Speaking as a leftist who swallowed my pride and voted for a fascist genocide supporter because for all her useless platitudes Harris was still a better option and I'm willing to admit that; go fuck yourself.

You want to know why people didn't get behind Harris? It's because her boss ran on rolling back the damage Trump 1.0 had done and then continued operating concentration camps on the southern border. It's because time and time again even the radical Democrats have proven themselves to be feckless, incompetent, hand-wringing cowards who can't be trusted to do the job they were elected for until it's time to "compromise with Republicans" by inflating the defense budget and passing tax cuts for the wealthy. Harris would have seen her approval numbers falter and start rounding up brown folks no different from Trump, the difference being she'd have kept her mouth shut about it and so would the media until six weeks before midterms. Her platform was a gun and a nightstick with a BLM sticker tacked onto it, no different from Biden or Obama.

Biden put ZERO pressure on Israel to reign in their genocide in Gaza and Harris would have done no differently source the United States has effectively unlimited leverage in this conflict and they refuse to use it no matter which side is in office. I voted for those lying crooks despite knowing that, but I don't blame a goddamn person for whom that was a deal breaker, it should be.

You know how Harris would have been different, she'd have been competent. She wouldn't have tanked the economy with these ridiculous tarrifs, cozied us up to Russia, threatened and alienated our closest allies and trading partners or surged DHS's budget to unthinkable levels, but the next Republican in office sure would have. The courts are packed, the Dems will always have a defector (just like mean old Joe Manchin), there will always be a convenient excuse why they're so feckless and ineffectual and all electing Harris would have done is delay the inevitable by another four years. Acting like the US' slide into authoritarianism which has been ongoing since the Wilson administration is anything new or aberrant to our current era is either wishful thinking or complete brainless ignorance of history. Trump isn't the problem, Trump voters aren't even the problem, this is the result of deep rooted contradictions in the very foundation of the Republic bearing their poison fruit.

All is not lost, others are getting organized, demonstrating, protesting, taking action. The only thing that gets us out of this is solidarity and mutual support but by all means, sit on your ass and continue to point fingers at others you'd seek to blame, because they were wrong and that's all that matters right?

Fucking shitheel

As it turned out, the people who withheld their vote for Kamala over the genocide didn't actually matter in the election. Had every one of them voted for Kamala, I'm not aware of a single state that would've flipped. Not even Michigan

It pisses off both sides of the rift, but the genocide didn't matter in terms of the election. Those not voting for Kamala over Gaza don't get any credit/blame for Trump winning. ETA: I'd say they get to claim a moral victory for whatever that's worth.

On the other hand, those who withheld their vote and are hoping the consequences of the election are going to teach the DNC or anyone a lesson are going to be sorely disappointed. No matter how passionate individuals are about the issue, the electorate gave it a collective shrug to absolutely no one's surprise. Nothing is going to change about our Israel policy as a result of Trump's victory.

Some day, our acceptance of the genocide is going to be seen as just as shameful as Clinton's opposition to gay marriage and support of DA/DT. But not today. Fighting about it is just arguing with each other over scraps while the real enemy runs the kitchen.

you should really read up on who voted for rfk jr and jill stein it was all conservatives,.

That wasn’t leftists, that was just narcissists enjoying the smell of their own feces.

democrats arnt condoning this, its all conservatives.

I find it very telling that you blame the person who couldn't stomach to vote for genocide, instead of blaming your polticians for being pro-genocide.

It's always amazing to me how people will blame those that couldn't stomach voting for a pro-genocide candidate, instead of blaming the candidate for being pro-genocide.

Right. We had 15 months of weaponizing and covering for Israel's ethnic cleansing during Biden's term, but its the guy who criticizes him and his replacement that's the "Nazi supporter." Your comments are indistinguishable from a MAGA sycophant and you can't even see it.

One of the lessons of the crimes of the Nazis is that the road to Hell is paved with The Greater Good. The Nazis themselves believed that all their crimes were necessary for the betterment of society. They thought though their actions were regrettable, it was the only choice they really had. Killing millions was the lesser of two evils.

You have more in common with the Nazis than you would like to believe. There's very little you cannot justify when you have no red lines and you'll always support the lesser evil. The Nazis themselves thought they were supporting the lesser evil.

It seems to me that they do know how voting works in America: If you keep voting for pro-genocide candidates, you keep getting genocide. Maybe one of the two major parties should try running an anti-genocide candidate.

It's not an "electoral victory"; laws made by the major parties make this virtually impossible federally. However, their influence is still felt and makes changes.

For example, Greens have been fighting tooth and nail for environmental concerns since the 1980s; they pulled many votes, and viola! Now it's part of the Democratic platform. Libertarians fought tooth and nail for marijuana reform since the 1970s, pulling votes... Ds want those votes! Viola, many Ds have incorporated this into their platform today. Socialists have been fighting for labor since at least 1910, and viola! This was incorporated into Democratic platform in 1930s.

Our major parties don't give them an ounce of credit, but even a few thousand votes gets their attention.