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[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 41 points 1 day ago (4 children)

The fact that 'Not Sure' is so prevalent on here is really telling

Explains a lot that a large swathe of the average voter literally does not know the political leanings of some of the most prominent people in politics

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 44 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

To be fair, I have more respect for people who are not sure about Kamala Harris than the ones who believe she's far left.

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 12 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Also to be fair, i ate too much five bean chili last night and it has hardened my heart/colon

[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 16 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Funniest takeaway from this whole graph is that nobody but the most brain poisoned weirdos knows who Susan Collins is lmao.

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 7 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

It's stunning how many people don't know other state's senators

Hell, there are people who don't know their own senators

I get that senators and representatives are terrible most of the time, but you should at least know their names so you can insult them properly

[–] unaware@hexbear.net 2 points 10 hours ago

now that I know her name I can do a trumpism and call her Lazy Susan Collins (and forget about her immediately because I'm not a Burgerlander)

[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 8 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

My rep is Jimmy Panetta literally the son of a CIA ghoul, but commiefornia right?

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 7 points 23 hours ago

I've earned the personal ire of several Kennedys

I cannot elaborate for OpSec reasons

[–] CrawlMarks@hexbear.net 4 points 21 hours ago

I don't bother knowing my state senators because I can't afford to use one of those stock tracker things that let you copy their insider trading

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

there's 100 senators, i'm not wasting 2/3 of my monkeysphere on those ghouls

[–] GladimirLenin@hexbear.net 2 points 20 hours ago

She had that song In the Air Tonight, didn't she?

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

To be fair, Not Sure could also mean, "idk this asshole claims to be for socialism but thinks Israel is a country."

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 9 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

True, but amongst USAans, that's probably not a significant amount of people

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 2 points 22 hours ago

Specifically on Israel and socialism, probably not. But I do think that generally, Americans see political triangulation as shiftiness and uncertainty rather than pragmatic moderation. It’s not a coincidence that the “not sure” responses are most prevalent for politicians typically depicted as centrist.

[–] xijinpingist@hexbear.net 4 points 23 hours ago

He's that bastard who defeated President Camacho!

[–] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 4 points 20 hours ago

"Not sure" is at least somewhat honest, everyone else is mostly just responding by party id. Oh, this person is a Dem - so they are left-wing.

[–] CrawlMarks@hexbear.net 2 points 21 hours ago

Not sure does also accurately describe the political activities of most DNC politi ians anyway so that is actually valid