• someguy3@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Lol you all caps shouted “YES” agreeing to what I said and literally said “Biden is bad”.

    Bare minimum huh? Back to your mental gymnastics. Biden’s doing fucking great.

    You want more? He doesn’t even have control of the house of representatives. If you want more give him and Dems consistent and resounding victories.

    I think this is where I inform you that Dems have had control of all three (house, Senate, and presidency) for a whooping 4 years of the last 24 years. If you include Bill Clinton, then it’s 6 of the last 32 years. You want more progress? Give Dems consistent and resounding victories. Not a measly half term every second president.

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        While it’s obviously not good to have a low approval rating, it also doesn’t tell you whether or not a person will vote for him. I don’t approve of him, but will still vote for him because there’s no other viable non-fascist alternative.

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          it also doesn’t tell you whether or not a person will vote for him

          It doesn’t tell you whether a person will vote against them, but its a classic litmus test for turnout in favor. Below 50% approval rating signals a higher than average likelihood of an incumbent losing one’s seat. And the only countervailing narrative is when the primary opposition also has low approval.

          Obama beating Romney in '12 was a case of two Presidential candidates being underwater and Romney simply having worse negatives than Obama on election day. Both parties saw a drop-off in voter participation relative to the '08 high water mark.