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Prairie Gates

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10. It cost the Dems something to believe that sentiment could be ignored and belittled

Reply to yardwork (Reply #8)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 10:33 AM

23 hrs ago

That's for sure. And the Harris campaign absolutely made the calculation that they could ignore those people and those sentiments far more easily than they could ignore AIPAC. And here we are.

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Democrats' internal review said to find Kamala Harris's stance on Gaza cost her votes in 2024 [View all] PufPuf23 Yesterday OP

Russian bots and no doubt GOP operatives pushed this to divide the the party. usonian Yesterday #1

here is the proper link Celerity Yesterday #2

I would be interested in knowing what the impact of other positions karynnj 21 hrs ago #17

Thank you for the link now in the OP. PufPuf23 13 hrs ago #19

Fuck all this nitpicking, what about the big things - Russian interferance and corporate money? groundloop Yesterday #3

And Republican ownership of media... Chemical Bill 3 hrs ago #28

Add it to the list. A whole lot of things cost her votes. thesquanderer Yesterday #4

She was a great candidate who was poorly placed by a botched primary. travelingthrulife Yesterday #6

Actually the short campaign window wasn't short enough Shrek Yesterday #9

More time wouldn't necessarily have helped, but... thesquanderer 21 hrs ago #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Omaha Steve Yesterday #5

Large portions of the world population believe that the Israeli state apparatus, IDF, and settler conduct Prairie Gates Yesterday #7

So they voted for Trump. That makes perfect sense. yardwork Yesterday #8

It cost the Dems something to believe that sentiment could be ignored and belittled Prairie Gates 23 hrs ago #10

How do you know they made that calculation? yardwork 23 hrs ago #12

We all saw the kids out in the streets against the war womanofthehills 12 hrs ago #23

Note that I agree with you. PufPuf23 12 hrs ago #20

How did that work out for them? Mz Pip 23 hrs ago #11

Allowing a genocide isn't good Prairie Gates 23 hrs ago #13

Can't find it at the link Mysterian 22 hrs ago #14

Sufficient to change the outcome? Grins 21 hrs ago #16

The reason made the post was that the story was the top of the Times of Israel liveblog. PufPuf23 12 hrs ago #21

You-Gov poll, internal poll & exit womanofthehills 11 hrs ago #24

Yeah, they sure showed her Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 20 hrs ago #18

Supporters of the choices being made by Israel poured lots of funds via PufPuf23 12 hrs ago #22

Remember Trump lying big time during his campaign womanofthehills 11 hrs ago #25

No RandySF 11 hrs ago #26

IMO, she lost because Trump's lies, fear-mongering and bigotry attracted more votes than decency. Doodley 11 hrs ago #27