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“Florida Democrats don’t know why Taylor Swift is naming an upcoming song on her new album ‘Florida!!!’ or the reason she chose to hold three concerts in Miami less than a month before the November elections,” Politico reports.

“But their excitement around the news is less about ‘why?’ and more about leveraging Swift’s celebrity status to fill the blank space for beleaguered voters tired of losing to Republicans.

  • CountVon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I’m not exactly a fan of Biden, but he’s on the ballot for two reasons:

    • Incumbents historically have an advantage, and it would be crazy to throw that advantage away.
    • Who else would run in his place? It’s not like there’s some other obvious candidate. I can think of lots of progressives that I’d personally love to see on the ballot, but the reality is that none of those candidates are seen as being electable in swing states. Be nice if it were otherwise, but it ain’t.
    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Who else would run in his place?

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Ossoff

      That guy’s 36, but ran the most funded US Senate campaign in America’s history.

      So he’s got the money neoliberals say they care about.

      He was an investigative journalist going after corruption, his positions line up with what Dem voters want…

      And he’s really popular with gen z voters.

      Why not him if all that matters is “not trump”?

      • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 months ago

        The most funded in America’s history isn’t because of him; it was because it was a special election with the entire nation pouring money in for the sake of winning a Senate majority. It could’ve been Joe Manchin and the same outcome would’ve happened. That’s not a reflection of Jon’s campaign prowess.