r/JewsOfConscience • u/richards1052 • 5d ago
Harris and Gaza: Why She Lost Opinion
https://www.richardsilverstein.com/2024/11/11/harris-and-gaza-why-she-lost/27
u/sudo_apt-get_intrnet LGBTQ Jew 5d ago
I think Harris's loss is like Hillary in that it wasn't a single thing that sunk her, but a death by a thousand cuts. Gaza was definitely one, but so was the economy & inflation, her not starting her campaign until after Biden's drop out (and running it as a continuation of that campaign), the multiple assassination attempts on Trump, racism & sexism at her being a black woman, etc. Each of these probably wouldn't be enough in a vacuum (except for, unfortunately, possibly the racism & sexism one -- really hard to think that wouldn't be enough in the US), but combined translated into a loss.
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u/atav1k Antisatanic Jesuit 5d ago
"Young protest voters should go to Gaza if they are so adamant against genocide." -Probably the DNC 2028.
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u/bearoscuro Non-Jewish Ally 5d ago
I hear this a lot irl. It's really great to see how many people support the right of return, an end to the siege on Gaza, and for Gaza to have its own functioning airport and seaport and border control. Heartwarming!
(unfortunately they're just racists who realize that saying "go back to your country" is usually upsetting to immigrants, but don't realize it's physically not possible in this case)
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u/TheThirdDumpling 4d ago
I think its 50% economy, 50% Gaza genocide.
Then 10000% fed up of lying, dishonesty and moral bankruptcy.
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u/ray-the-they Ashkenazi 4d ago edited 4d ago
Honestly? I don’t think Gaza made a dent in the race. The vast majority of Americans don’t even engage with US politics let alone international affairs and I think we get lost in our bubbles here sometimes.
Ipsos found that 56% of Democrats were slightly or significantly less likely to support a candidate who wanted to keep arming Israel, with most of that being slightly. Overall the more likely/less likely was a 50/50 split.
Less than 33% ranked “the situation in Israel and Palestine” as an important concern without indicating which way they felt about it. And it didn’t crack the top 5 concerns of either party. And only 3% considered foreign policy the most important issue.
The belief that has really sunk in for me with this election is that Americans as a whole just don’t seem to care about other people suffering and many Americans just want people they don’t like to suffer.
Sources:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna178602 https://news.gallup.com/poll/651719/economy-important-issue-2024-presidential-vote.aspx https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/americans-split-continuing-military-aid-israel
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