Even the mere suggestion should be impeachable.
this post was submitted on 15 Jan 2026
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Abso fuckin lutely
44%. That’s the share of voters who said they would back a Democratic candidate in the midterms, according to an Economist/YouGov poll conducted Jan. 9-12, versus 40% who would back the Republican candidate. The poll is in line with other recent surveys on which party is favored in November, with an average of polls by RealClear Polling finding Democrats have a 4.3% advantage over Republicans as of Thursday.
Jesus tapdancing christ. 44% to 40%. Just… wow.
My compete and total lack of faith in the mental competence of the American electorate is certainly coming to a middle.
I fucking hate it here.
I mean have the Dems just tried being better?
No actually, they haven't!
I mean have the Dems just tried ~~being better~~ ?
There, fixed.
They've tried nothing and they're all out of ideas!
Are you seriously suggesting dems aren’t better than Hitler 2.0 and his regime? Get real.
Not at all. I'm suggesting that they just be good enough, as opposed to merely being less shit than the GOP.
Being better than Republicans?
Better than Republicans is a bar so low it's basically touching the core of the earth. Nah, I mean better than they have been, which is also a subterranean bar.
it's hilarious that in a post about the racist rapist pedophile nazi fascist con man dictator talking about canceling elections, we STILL have people in the thread bitching about DEMS LOL
Yeah because the Dems didn't go after the racist rapist pedophile Nazi fascist con man dictator when they had the fucking power to do so 🤦 because they gotta protect the racist rapist pedophile Nazi fascist elites loyal to their faction of capital 🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦
It’s not funny at all. If the Dems weren’t such obvious controlled opposition, there could be an alternative to fascism. Americans haven’t had a choice for some time now, which is precisely how we got into this mess.
well, in the situation we've been in for the last who knows how tf many decades, where it's "DNC's pick or nobody" you'd think people would at least wise up and vote against nazi fascism, rather than think they're actually doing something by sitting out or going 3rd party.
exactly what was accomplished by going with the 100% guaranteed fail route? take a look around-- are you going to tell me a kamala potus (or literally ANYONE else) would have been nearly as bad? how's that genocide going? i know i didn't specify the gaza genocide or the usa genocide because i leave it to you to take your pick
I know, orange man bad. You don’t have to convince me of that buddy because I’m living in it with you.
Here’s the thing - it is incumbent upon Dems to give the people something to vote for. Blaming the voters for not falling in line is just wrong, and actually accomplishes nothing. What I’m saying is that this is precisely the Dem strategy. Just look to Schumer and Jeffries’ plan for the next few years - it’s literally to do nothing, and try to win votes by way of the suffering of their fellow Americans under the Trump regime.
The way for dems to win elections is by presenting a bold, and objectively better, vision for the future and fighting to achieve it. Dems could learn a lot from Bernie and AOC about what that looks like, eg “fight the oligarchy,” but they are paid to pretend otherwise. The result, as it has been for literally the past 50 years, is further ratcheting towards fascism.
Unfortunately for us all, the window of opportunity is likely completely closed to vote our way out of this mess. And so the system must collapse in order to be rebuilt anew, stronger and with better safeguards for checks and balances to protect democracy. That’s why you see people giving up on voting, or voting repug to accelerate the empire’s demise. Don’t be so surprised as to the reasons why, it’s been plain to see for a long time now.
Here’s the thing - it is incumbent upon Dems to give the people something to vote for. Blaming the voters for not falling in line is just wrong, and actually accomplishes nothing.
people. are. dying.
because i DoNt WaAaAaAnNa VoTe DeM
don't worry. as you said--the good old days of voting are more likely than not just fucking over. at least with a D government, you would've had another chance to vote. good luck to you, i hope you and all of yours are white
1,600 people were polled.
https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/econTabReport_qsNv5iE.pdf
that’s not enough to represent the country, and who knows what their methods are
It can be enough but only if the sample is representative and I think often these are done by calling people on landline and the people who still have a landline and would be willing to take a survey are a very specific subset of our population so probably that sample is not representative but it’s not due to the sample size.
YouGov has published a page about its polling methodology. Polling groups abandoned the random telephone survey decades ago, at this point.
Cool, in my country they still do that unfortunately.
that sample size is still way too small
But the headline creates clicks and engagement and that's what matters most.
🤑💰💸💵💶💷
It seems like every fucking election is like this...
The "I hate everyone and everything, I'm going to abduct your neighbors, how dare you suggest billionaires get taxed anything at all" party
vs
The "I guess healthcare should probably be affordable and gay people exist and deserve dignity" party
40% and 40%...
The remaining 20% are outside eating rocks or something...
I fucking hate it here.
If you mean planet Earth in the 21st century, then I'm right there with you.
I feel like I would be more hopeful about the long term welfare of the world and humanity if I had actually witnessed the Bell Riots when they were supposed to happen last year
ok this blows but hey at least we’ll figure out FTL in a few decades
mmmmm. mmmmm. kick in the groin or a handshake. mmmmm. mmmmm. they are just so similar. I think I prefer the one. slightly. so hard to decide.
Trump is not the hero America needs, but he's the one they deserve.
You are sadly correct
Oh, look. The thing we've been bellowing since before he got elected is happening.... Again. I'd trade being right for once for the less shitty timeline. Please?
Democrats don't have until elections to manifest a palpable resistance.
Dementia addled old man rants about canceling the election from his memory care facility. See that’s how easy that is? In other news South Korea put execution on the table for their Trump.
The US won't have them. 2024 were the last elections the US will see for a while.