if Walz was the ticket leader I think Trump would have lost.
Setting aside the fact that he’s got more charisma than a tree stump, he’s also a middle aged white guy in a country that reflexively defers to that kind of person.
I don’t think Walz solves for Trump’s biggest advantage - Silicon Valley broke for him and turned social media fully against the Democratic Party. He would have done less bad than Harris, particularly in the Midwest. But winning? Idk, still feels like a coin toss to me. He’s not flipping Arizona or Georgia like Biden managed.
Hard disagree on the AZ front. The heelturn parading around Liz Cheney resulted in waaaaay too many “SEE THEY’RE THE SAME” protest votes or people staying at home.
Setting aside the fact that he’s got more charisma than a tree stump, he’s also a middle aged white guy in a country that reflexively defers to that kind of person.
I don’t think Walz solves for Trump’s biggest advantage - Silicon Valley broke for him and turned social media fully against the Democratic Party. He would have done less bad than Harris, particularly in the Midwest. But winning? Idk, still feels like a coin toss to me. He’s not flipping Arizona or Georgia like Biden managed.
Hard disagree on the AZ front. The heelturn parading around Liz Cheney resulted in waaaaay too many “SEE THEY’RE THE SAME” protest votes or people staying at home.
Cuddling up to Cheney was party of Harris’s effort to look like a Never Trumper.
She thought it would differentiate her and she got very upset when people accused her of looking like a Republican as a result.