If there is an election are you ready for the hand wringing?
this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2026
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what's the polymarket ~~bet~~ sorry, "prediction" for "there is not going to be an election in november"
I Just want to point out that those graphs are from a betting site and not some reputable survey
Honestly, for many things, betting sites are more reliable. But not for elections.
I trust the betting sites and the surveys about equally.
AOC wouldn't mock that guy for being too stupid to understand what a veto is :(
In fairness, the Dems wouldn't even try it
the repubs have drawn us into the last three wars. the head of the repubs is joking about running a third term. he's sending federal agents into cities. he's turning other countries away from the dollar.
the last dem presidents might be too friendly with corporations, but it's them or losing America.
Can't wait to see how they fail to do absolutely anything other than help the so-called opposite side.
Until we have a meaningful difference between Red and Blue, it will be more bullshit for longer. Let's have a clear-out and swing away from ultrconservatism like NY has. Please!
The Democrats are losers. They will never do anything. Every opportunity that they have is wasted. Don't expect them to do anything. All those old 80 year Dems are just sitting on a pile of money, they don't give a fuck about anything the right does
What do you mean?! They allow us to pretend our country is merely dysfunctional instead of nakedly evil, thereby absolving us of any serious mandate to take action to protect our fellow man!
I look forward to hearing all their "olive branching" and trying to reach across the aisle and proceed to GET NOTHING DONE WHILE STILL MANAGING TO SUCK OFF THE PEDO PROTECTOR PARTY.
We do not want ANY olive branches. They proved who they are. Everything they ask for needs to be shot down immediately (aka vote no), just like they always do. Put them in the corner, shame every one of them that keeps their job.
Anything less than burning through the Epstein list and arresting every single one of them, while making the biggest effort they can to undo everything that's happened during the Trump terms should not be accepted
They proved who they are.
So did the Democrats. Over and over again. You're not going to get anything you're asking for and you're delusional if you expect otherwise. Their job is to calm people down so we can ratchet towards fascism again in a few years.
There are a lot of Democrats that are not in any way progressive. For domestic issues there will always be a few that the GOP can count on to dissent and break the Democrat majority. For isreal-related there will be dozens beholden to AIPAC who will vote however the Israeli government wants.
This is the secondary danger of Trump being terrible: democratic party doesn't have to actually change or improve to win. They just have to exist.
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Not only will they not pass anything even remotely progressive they will completely fail to prosecute anyone who committed a crime, fail to revert any of the damage, and will beg for forgiveness from the right by offering infinite concessions
More likely than not, they'll become complicit in much of the Republican criminal enterprise by inertia. Then, their inability to roll back any of the deeply unpopular Republican positions will tank their own popularity. And finally, Republicans will come roaring back into office to be the Enthusiastic Fascist Party rather than the Reluctant Fascist Party.
But hey, DON'T SAY ANY OF THIS TOO LOUDLY. If people hear you casting dispersion on the liberal party, they might become sad. And if they become sad, they might not Vote Blue No Matter Who. And if they don't Vote Blue, Republicans will win. And then Republican Fascism will be YOUR FAULT!
I started tagging peoples usernames with different levels of shitlib from like baby shitlib to ultra shitlib and holy fuck do those people comment a lot. it's basically a wall of green usertags on basically every political post.
People on .world hate when you say anything negative about libs or reactionaries, I reccomend joining us over on dbzer0 :3
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Even if the Dems do get control of the Senate there's still the matter of the filibuster unless they have 60+ seats which seems unlikely. Of course they could do away with the filibuster, but that also seems unlikely.
It's super messed up but If they don't pass anything that'd still be an improvement compared to congress now.
I really hope they do more than nothing though.
If they win and don’t loudly and publicly start undoing shit then voter turnout will be abysmal in 2028 and they’ll lose everything again.
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Presidental Veto.
I'll take "fail to pass anything progressive" over "actively try to destroy the country with every bill" any day.
This is why Republicans get free rein to actively destroy the country every four years.
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They need 2/3rds to override a Veto. In opposition it's going to be much more about putting the brakes on Trump. Anyone publicly expecting forward movement on progressive goals without a progressive president is not speaking in good faith.
still no backbone, probably
This is a screenshot of a betting app. You can easily influence these numbers with large bets. This is just viral marketing masquerading as hopium
It’s not actually a poll or anything real…
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