I am too young to remember Dukakis, but Hillary was a terrible candidate and a perfect example of how out of touch the DNC has become. Worse than having no charisma she had negative charisma and a "I know better than you" entitled attitude. And I say that as someone who had voted GOP downballot until 2016 who voted for her and hated it. Trump, MAGA, and his friendliness with Russia even back then really felt off to me. I trusted him even less than Clinton and that's saying a lot. Very nearly sat that one out, but I'd voted in every presidential election since I turned 18 and I didn't want to not vote and regret it more.
I hope - I truly hope - that there's still some part of the GOP that isn't MAGA but I haven't been able to vote red since 2016. Way too many candidates campaign on Trump's coattails and that morally goes against what I believe in.
Objectively he is. It's just in 2 out of 3 presidential elections he's been up against someone worse and he had the polished facade of an accomplished no-nonsense businessman from The Apprentice going into 2016. (Obviously he had his string of failed businesses, shorted contractors, and legal issues as well but they didn't seem to gain traction or be as well known outside of NY.)
I don’t quite agree. People know Trump now, they know his secrets and his issues. But he succeeded in convincing many people that the US was in trouble because of the Democrats. He was very good at that. Also, Harris and Biden both faired poorly at acknowledging the economic struggles many people are facing, while Trump echoed or exaggerated those criticisms.
Got it. Just reread your post. Yeah, in this day and age I don’t know how people miss the abundance of information floating around for every presidential candidate, I think there was a lot of anti-Hillary sentiment, manufactured by Trump or lingering from the Clinton administration. People are a lot more judgmental of women it seems to me.
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u/bearcatjoe Right Visitor Nov 16 '24 edited Nov 16 '24
Among the worst major party candidates in my lifetime. I think Hillary or Dukakis are a distant #2 & #3?