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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink15•edit-21 month agoThe issue is that americans vote on identity. They don’t vote about policies. Look at Arkansas. A freaking Nuclear Engineer from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) came up a solid plan to improve Arkansas. He visited all 75 counties. He lost by double digits against Sarah Huckabee Sanders. She barely campaigned. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Arkansas_gubernatorial_election The issue is that many americans simply vote on identity. They don’t vote about policies.
minus-squareCaptain PoofterlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agothis is exactly why i don’t feel like there is anything i can do. the problem is entirely out of anyone’s hands. it’s all cancer.
The issue is that americans vote on identity. They don’t vote about policies.
Look at Arkansas.
A freaking Nuclear Engineer from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) came up a solid plan to improve Arkansas. He visited all 75 counties.
He lost by double digits against Sarah Huckabee Sanders. She barely campaigned.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Arkansas_gubernatorial_election
The issue is that many americans simply vote on identity. They don’t vote about policies.
this is exactly why i don’t feel like there is anything i can do. the problem is entirely out of anyone’s hands. it’s all cancer.