• tacosplease@lemmy.world
    3·
    7 months ago

    Let’s vote and maybe arm ourselves too.

    But also. WSJ is a conservative publication. I’m skeptical of any poll they conduct as their pool of respondents is probably not an accurate representation of an area’s potential voters.

    It also seems very likely that Biden’s numbers will improve relative to Trump as time passes. Trump and the RNC as a whole have little to no money to campaign on vs Democrats with plenty.

    Trump has been running for President since 2015 if not 2007. Biden is still mostly just focusing on being the current President. As Biden campaigns and buys adds, his numbers will improve where Trump will have about the same support regardless of damn near anything. Trump has a high floor of support but also a very low ceiling. It’s not a matter of Biden vs Trump. It’s Biden vs the couch.

    • TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      7 months ago

      I don’t understand why those are the two options. I don’t disagree with anyone them, but we can also organize in the swing states. Use that organization to meet, listen, and then maybe convince people to vote for Biden. On top of that, as a collectively organized force, we could report back to DNC to tell them our findings. And then hope they make changes in messaging, platform, and policy to attract those undecided voters in swing states. Frankly, that’s the way, I think, we get people off the couch.

      There are, of course, many points of failure along the way, but at least it’s more than vote and clutch your guns. Of course, we should still do that, but not just that.

      • tacosplease@lemmy.world
        2·
        7 months ago

        Yeah I wasn’t trying to say vote and fight are a comprehensive list of all options. We definitely need to do all the things you mentioned as well.

        My main point was we should not let the WSJ poll discourage us. And we should also be prepared for the worst.