• Ibaudia@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Kamala is much more likeable than Clinton. I really think that’s why she lost in 2016, not because of her politics but because no one liked her as a person.

    • IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      A big part of that was the idea that she was entitled to the presidency, that it was “her turn”.

      That’ll turn voters off like nothing else.

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      3 months ago

      While true, it’s a really low bar to be more liked than Hilary. It was more than just her being unlikable that lost her the election, but a lot of it can be boiled down to that.

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        3 months ago

        It was a lot of things that cost her the election because she had such a bad opponent. So many things that if they’d gone differently would’ve resulted in her victory