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Don’t Think of It as a Contest Between Biden and Trump
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The coalition doesn't have politicians who agree with them regarding those who are economically marginalized.
It does, but not enough to pass legislation.
Yeah. Sure is funny how just enough Democrats always vote with the "other" coalition when it's anything that might benefit the poor.
We don't always get that - that's how we got a child tax credit for a few years. It's that enough Americans have been stampeded into "hate the other person, they have darker skin, a different religion, etc" that we don't elect people who do want to benefit the general public instead of billionaires. Change how we vote, and policy can and will change to match.
Joe Manchin made sure it died. The only democrat whose vote actually matters doubled child poverty. Thank you for illustrating my point.
He did kill it — something like 48/50 Senate Democrats wanted to keep it, and every Republican wanted to get rid of it. That's a reason to elect more and better Democrats, not to reject them entirely.
So you're saying all the Republicans and just enough Democrats voted to double child poverty.
"All the Republicans and just enough Democrats" is the only actual coalition in DC.
Not always — when there are more and better Democrats we can actually change policy on this.
If we get more Democrats, We'll still have just enough Manchins. I remember the last time we had a supermajority.
That's why I talk about electing both more and better. They don't have to be Manchins; you can see this at the state level with the kinds of policy changes you get in places like Michigan when Democrats start to hold a supermajority.
They don't? I'll let Jessica Cisneros know.
Who wins a primary is up to the voters.
Then the party didn't need to throw its weight behind Cuellar.
But it did because he's a Manchin type.