• AngryRobot@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    No, right-wing extremist propaganda pushed by the algorithms of youtube and tiktok suppressed the turnout.

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      17 days ago

      That’s a big part of it, but not all.

      We’ve seen a global backlash against the party in power, in that context Harris refusing to distance herself from Biden absolutely contributed.

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        16 days ago

        I would note that she stopped separating from Biden when she got the Cheney endorsement and swung hard to the right. That’s where the campaign momentum died.