YoBuckStopsHereAug 1, 2023

Lemmy World U.S. Presidential Election Primary Polls (Summer 2023 Edition)

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Lemmy World U.S. Presidential Election Primary Polls (Summer 2023 Edition) - Lemmy.world

Polls include declared candidates for each party. Polls are open 1 August - 7 August 2023 Democratic Party Primary Poll [https://youpoll.me/105621/] Republican Party Primary Poll [https://youpoll.me/105622/] Green Party Primary Poll [https://youpoll.me/105623/] Libertarian Party Primary Poll [https://youpoll.me/105624/] Independent’s Primary Poll [https://youpoll.me/105625/]

Show threadUpgrade2754Aug 2, 2023

I’m interested in understanding why so many have picked Joe Biden. According to several top posts, Lemmy is supposedly left wing, yet the vast majority are voting for a conservative democrat over the progressive.

Does anyone here actually care about pushing against dark money, treating climate change like an existential threat, and fighting for universal health care? What’s drawing you to voting for him? Looking forward to respectful debate

Show threadhalferectAug 2, 2023
I’m interested in who you think is the progressive candidate?
Show threadYoBuckStopsHereAug 2, 2023
Progressives are all riding with Biden
Top progressives are backing Joe Biden's 2024 campaign. But some activists have reservations

President Joe Biden has made some progress wooing his party’s left wing since taking office. Many progressives have cheered steep federal spending increases on major social programs and green energy during Biden's term. And they've supported Biden’s renewed plan to offer student debt relief after the Supreme Court struck down his original efforts. But others are angry that Biden hasn't delivered on promise to reduce fossil fuel production, advance a policing overhaul and expand voting rights. And reassembling the same broad coalition that help lift Biden in 2020 might be difficult if enthusiasm among progressives wavers.

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Show threadUpgrade2754Aug 3, 2023

I’m going to assume you’re acting in good faith, but I hope you realize how ridiculous that argument is. The only reason this is so is because the DNC is systematically shutting down the primary process and so elected politicians would be harming their negotiations by supporting challengers.

They for sure align more with Marianne WIlliamson whose policy page is the most detailed and progressive I’ve ever seen in my lifetime. Meanwhile, Biden is running on “finishing the job” and saying the economy is fine.

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Healthcare, Immigration, Poverty, Equality, Workers Rights, Climate Change. Together we can bring about the change we need to disrupt the corrupt!

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Show threadMeldroc

There’s checking the boxes on policy positions, and then there’s actually getting them implemented - that’s the hard part. Marianne Williamson hasn’t yet succeeded in even getting elected to any public office - not POTUS, not to Congress, not even to a school board.

Her campaign is just a vanity campaign that helps her sell books.

And RFK Jr’s campaign is a right wing ratfuck.

Aug 6, 2023 at 3:53pmWeb