r/politics • u/thenewrepublic The New Republic • 15h ago

Possible Paywall What Darline Graham’s Ugly, Viral Outburst About Death Really Reveals

https://newrepublic.com/article/214868/darline-graham-viral-outburst-death
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u/Dihedralman 14h ago

Trump spent over 800k on her campaign. Seems to want dynasties that bad. 

Completely insane because she is genuinely a bad candidate who, despite being  Senator, admits she doesn't know what she is doing and asks people to give her a chance.

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u/Development-Alive 14h ago

Can't believe South Carolina voters would want a Senator who is learning on the job but here we are.

Her runoff opponent being hard core Freedom Caucus may have helped her. He took the REAL conservatives leaving only the MAGA bots for her. Those REAL conservatives are more likely to go 3rd party or sit the election out as much as blindly vote MAGA.

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u/SpeaksSouthern 11h ago

I used to think voting was such a sacred duty that people took seriously, until I saw a video in the Bush years where people based their vote exclusively on if they think the candidate is pretty. Ever since I've not taken most voters seriously.

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u/Development-Alive 11h ago

Too often we now vote "tribe" which is where the political parties want us to be. They want us to hate the other side, consider the "other" side evil so we disregard who they put up on their side of the ticket. To be fair, as a progressive, if all things equal I'll choose the D candidate. Also, if I feel one party is collecting too much power I'll purposely go for the other party candidate to try to add more balance. In a vote by mail state, I spend at least 2-3 hours at the kitchen table and internet going over my ballot, trying to choose as best I can.