• StinkySocialist
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    4 months ago

    If Biden gets out of the way (of his own accord or not) and somebody else becomes the nominee, they will have name recognition immediately. I promise you.

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      4 months ago

      They really won’t. I think as someone on Lemmy you’re probably overestimating how much the average person pays attention to politics

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        4 months ago

        That is how public perception works. Anyone who became the Democratic nominee between now and the election would instantly be famous. Their name would become a household name within a week. There’s no real way to prove this, but it just seems silly to think otherwise.

        Most Americans do watch the news. The link below is a statistic just about cable news. If you included digital news, the numbers would be even higher. Here’s my source 👈😎 But as you can see 72% of Americans watch cable news.

        I hope that helps ☺️

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          Right, anyone who thinks their name and the attention wouldn’t go viral overnight is clueless. It will go something like this:

          BREAKING NEWS: Joe Biden to RESIGN FROM THE PRESIDENCY; ENDORSES GRETECHEN WHITMER

          For 5 weeks:

          MEDIA: omfg omfg omfg omfg

          SOCIAL MEDIA: omfg omfg omfg omfg

          MILLIONS GOOGLE:: “Who is Gretchen Whitmer!?”

          OBAMA, BIDEN, DNC rally behind Whitmer

          WHITMER’S POLLING & NAME-RECOGNITION: Skyrockets

          At convention:

          MEDIA: Omfg omfg omfg

          GRASSROOTS: ENERGIZED.

          Swing-voters: Happy to vote for someone young and a fresh face because we’re America and we like new less boring shit.

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        4 months ago

        I hope you find a way to be happy one day stranger. It’s got to be miserable being that angry all the time. 🫂 I don’t think you find the release you need being rude to strangers online but where ever it actually is I hope you find it.☺️