r/politics • u/ben_watson_jr • May 19 '24

How Can This Country Possibly Be Electing Trump Again? Soft Paywall

https://newrepublic.com/article/181287/can-america-possibly-elect-trump-again
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u/vicvonqueso May 19 '24

That explains why so many turned their backs on Hillary, eh?

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u/BA5ED May 19 '24

Bob menendez comes to mind but I don’t hold that against anyone. Even with Hillary some turned their backs on her but I also think if she ran for office again she would get that support back.

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u/mdp300 New Jersey May 19 '24

I live in NJ.

Menendez was, at least, acquitted the first time. I voted against him in the primary, but for him in November the last time because his opponent was a maga goon.

This year, yeah, he's a joke.

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u/BA5ED May 19 '24

And that is the point I was trying to make. Our political system is based on the perceived lesser of two evils when it comes time to vote.