• queermunist she/her
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    10 months ago

    lol he out-competed the entire rest of the field combined

    That won’t stop the media from dragging out the obvious conclusion for as long as possible.

    • @zeppo@lemmy.world
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      1910 months ago

      I mean, no shit. He’s basically running as an incumbent as far as advantage and the rest of the field isn’t very impressive. Are you rooting for him to win or just complaining about media coverage?

      • queermunist she/her
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        5610 months ago

        Complaining about the media coverage. They’re treating this like it’s actually a real race and not a clown show.

        • @remotelove@lemmy.ca
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          I don’t like the coverage either, but it’s a double edged sword.

          It’s fairly annoying that it’s resulting in a ton of click-bait headlines, but it’s probably for the better in a weird way. Those same articles are the start of scaring people into voting. While voting is good, it’s difficult to justify the emotions it takes for people to do so. I just hate that is the way things are now, TBH.

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            10 months ago

            I strongly disagree. People recognize when they’re being manipulated, so they tune out the elections because the media is always trying to scare them and it’s all a dramatized clown show. It stopped being scary years ago, now it’s annoying. You know how a lot of people don’t watch the news and don’t pay attention to politics? This is why.

    • Cethin
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      910 months ago

      Yep, but about half of the Iowa Republicans who voted for Haley would vote for Biden over Trump, according to polling. Sure, we all know he’s going to be the Republican nominee, but can he really win the general? We still need to be cautious, but it looks like Republicans can’t be nominated without Trump and they can’t be elected with him, including Trump himself.

    • @Midnitte@beehaw.org
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      410 months ago

      That won’t stop the media from dragging out the obvious conclusion for as long as possible.

      How exactly does the media drag out the Republican party defined nominating process?

      NPR better tell New Hampsire to move up their primary a few weeks.