Unless Trump becomes dictator for life, we're gonna get a democrat after Trump. American independents vote on economic vibes and the vibes will only get worse. That means every four years, the two parties will swap presidents and conditions will continue to get worse.

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 18 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I would not count out Trump being dictator for life, or failing that, for the voting process to become so ratfucked that dems cannot win.

[–] Tabitha@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I heard some conspiracy (that's probably technically mostly true but you know shrug-outta-hecks libs ) that apparently some number of probable non-Trump votes were suppressed somehow, which sounds like 2.0 of whatever al gore, so probably we'll get v3 of that in 2028.

[–] Hohsia@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago

Didn’t musk have control over the voting machines in Pennsylvania or something crazy that everyone just shrugged off

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago

didnt you already get a lot of meddling and gerrymandering this cycle?

[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's perfectly possible the Republicans just rig the vote considering the whole "blatant disregard for the law" thing going on right now.

[–] CrawlMarks@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago

Why would that? It really isn't that important and the democrats are happy to throw elections.

[–] free_casc@hexbear.net 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Weird thing to depend on in the fascist US. Your average progressive liberal didn't even like Biden (if they did genuinely like him, that person is not the subject of this post). They are getting the message, but repeating liberal tropes and now is the time to interrupt that cycle of waiting to take leadership from the Democrats that will never arrive.

[–] GoodGuyWithACat@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago

I'm not discounting a Trump dictatorship entirely, I'm saying that the average voter has the memory of a gold fish. The era of two-term consecutive presidents died with Obama. From now on "independents" who decide the election will say "hmmm gas got higher under X. Time to vote Y."

[–] aqwxcvbnji@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Unless Trump becomes dictator for life, we're gonna get a democrat after Trump.

Not so sure about that. Almost 5 million votes were thrown out in the 2024-election. Why wouldn't the republicans keep doing that?

[–] GoodGuyWithACat@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago

Looking into this...

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago

I don't know what you people are complaining about; my investments look great from all the way over here, working overseas.