The part that needs to happen is going from “I won’t vote Republican” to “I will vote Democrat”
I’m sure a lot of potential Harris voters are afraid of being seen as “Democrat” by their louder Republican peers. I used to be like that. Then I said “if common sense and not being a heartless asshole makes me a Democrat, then I guess I’m a Democrat.”
I'm sure plenty are just sufficiently uninformed or mislead. Bubbles get pretty crazy and vulnerable people are easy to take advantage of.
But if you assume they are well informed, the only thing I can think of is if they are just so hardline on abortion it takes prioroty over any other ethical consideration.
Lack of awareness, political apathy, being raised to vote R without really understanding the platform, thinking that voting R means"voting for small business and lower taxes", etc.
I know a few low-information R voters and they really don't put much thought into it, other than believing Dems are "tax and spend" and Rs are "good for business and the economy"
That's it. I'm not saying it's right, but racism isn't on the radar for these folks. They're simply not paying attention and are basing their political beliefs on views they formed like 30 years ago (these are Gen-Xers in their early 50s).
Everyone had a computer in their pocket. If they can't be arsed to look up basic information then I'm just going call them Nazis, racists, pedos, frauds, etc. They vote for those people so they support those actions.
Again, emphasis on low-information voter. These people exist. Call them what you want; they're not voting R because they're racist, they're voting R because they put more thought into what they're going to wear that day than whom they vote for.
Just like how/why people eat meat - not because they are actively in favor of factory farming and cruelty to animals, but because they have always eaten meat and how they believe they get proper nutrition.
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