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Why is Kamala Harris being held at such a higher standard than Trump this election?

It feels like Harris has to run a damn near flawless campaign just to BARELY beat this guy. Yeah you can bring up the current state of the country, but Trump mishandled COVID, there were over 200k deaths, BLM protest and was 2x impeached. And yet, Joe Biden BARELY beat him.

Trump is a convicted felon, liable sexual predator, caused an insurrection on the Capitol Hill, tried to steal the 2020 election (find me 11,000 votes), constantly kisses Russia’s ass, has more pending court cases and gets sentenced next month and overall has been the main driving factor in America’s division.

Yet, this race is STILL either 50/50 or a slight tilt (Harris leads the polling aggregate right now). Harris gets destroyed by the corporate media for almost anything, yet Trump is still lying and saying the most outlandish shit and nobody cares.

Why does it feel standards are much higher for Harris than Trump?

HobbitFoot ,

I feel like a lot of people on Trump’s side don’t care and all of his issues have been documented in the press. If people cared, he wouldn’t be this close.

You also have enough people left of Harris who don’t want to hold their collective noses and vote for her. They’ll complain about the Overton window shifting right, but won’t be a bulwark for keeping it from shifting right. Hell, there are people on Lemmy complaining about political utilitarianism as a reason for voting for Harris and will even complain about Bernie if he says something being done by the Biden administration is good.

acosmichippo ,
@acosmichippo@lemmy.world avatar

it’s so frustrating. I admit I used to vote green, but the entry of Trump opened my eyes. Things like judge appointments, incremental advances in fighting climate change, and NOT having a seditionist as president are all issues we can’t afford to lose on in the next 4 years just for some rhetorical vote for the Green Party.

in a perfect world we’d have ranked choice voting, but we aren’t in that world.

distantsounds ,

Demand ranked choice voting and make sure you are doing so locally

KillingTimeItself ,

move to maine, and you’ll have it.

Realistically, you shouldn’t move to maine, and you should popularize moving towards something like IRV instead of FPTP

captainlezbian ,

Because she’s a black woman who has demonstrated herself capable of behaving appropriately. Meanwhile a trump is not only a rich white geriatric man whose political career has kept expectations low, he’s also Donald trump, a reality tv star, which must be compared to Dr. Harris, former DA of San Francisco, a nationally significant city.

So yeah: racism, sexism, and past behavior.

Guy_Fieris_Hair ,

You must be young. Because Republicans will vote for a criminal before they vote for “communism”. Because the Republicans attempt to destroy the educational system to keep people dumb enough to vote for them has worked. Because dispite the corporate media pandering and acting like they want Harris Because that’s what their viewers want, their billionaire owners don’t. They want the republican led centrist enabled tax breaks on their money. Harris has also brought in the progressives which have zero tolerance for the centrist mindset. She is in a situation where she has to dance a dance of trying to reel in the progressives even though they are going to throw a fit when she panders to the centrists and the corporate overlords.

The system is made and controlled by the billionaires. No hard progressive that doesn’t play the game a little is going to get elected… right now. They will destroy anyone that threatens their billions. Everytime she goes a little too hard left they throw a fit.

Welcome to end stage capitalism.

JusticeForPorygon ,
@JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world avatar

No hard progressive that doesn’t play the game a little is going to get elected…

Poor Bernie…

Angry_Autist ,

I still Bern myself, though at least Harris’s votes have aligned with Bernie’s more than any other congressman.

JusticeForPorygon ,
@JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world avatar

I still wonder where we would be if he won in 2016

Angry_Autist ,

That’s a suffering trap because we all know 1) how good it would have been, and 2) A true progressive will never be allowed the nomination as long as the DNC exists in its current form.

Better to use that time to figure out what up and coming politicians have Bernie’s heart for when the future sentiment shifts.

orcrist ,

Because the standards are relative to the voters, and Trump is appealing to a voting base that’s very big on misogyny and racism. That’s what they want out of their preferred candidate.

But in general, you need to look at redistricting, gerrymandering, voter suppression, all of the standard tactics that Republicans have effectively used to give themselves more weight in the presidential race. Of course the electoral college is part of the problem too. The low population red states are disproportionately represented. This has been going on for a century? Longer? The exact details have changed over time, but the general strategy is to change the rules or ignore the rules and hope you don’t get caught or if you do get caught rely on the courts backing you so that your party wins.

exanime ,

Because, on Trump’s side, it’s a full blown cult.

Trump can literally poop his pants on national tv and eat a mouthful of shit and his acolytes would clap in unison

However, most people not deranged enough to worship a politician could/would be turned off if that politician, Kamala on our scenario, blatantly lies or makes fun of a disable person or rapes someone

bitjunkie ,

Because what passes for journalism these days subsists on engagement metrics, and Harris doesn’t say crazy off-the-wall shit every 10 seconds.

Angry_Autist ,

Don’t forget ‘and are largely owned by old rich conservative white men with a vested interest in keeping a black woman who would raise their taxes out of office’.

Angry_Autist ,

Because most media companies are owned by rich conservative white men that don’t want a black woman into office that might raise their taxes.

It’s as simple as that.

cdegallo ,

Because the media, which supplies political “information” to the masses (a) wants to sensationalize things for viewership/ratings and (b) is generally owned by extremely right/conservative/Republican entities and will not allow it to be a fair representation between the two candidates.

And more than that the MAGA side doesn’t campaign on or care about political policy because their base doesn’t know or care about policy, they campaign on hate and dirt and smear. So you could explain all the awesome policy of the other side until your throat is sore, they won’t care because policy is not their concern.

It’s funny to see the latest moanfest from Trump, claiming no-fair because he spent $100m campaigning against Biden and now that’s all a waste. That’s the thing. He/they aren’t campaigning for issues or policy, they are fighting against an individual. It’s all they know how to do and all their base really cares about.

leaky_shower_thought ,

aside from great comments here, trump is associated with some religious imagery of having wings. even i can’t believe that flies.

nothing goes as tunnel vision as blind faith.

SSJMarx ,

It feels like Harris has to run a damn near flawless campaign just to BARELY beat this guy.

Welcome to gerrymandering. If America went by the actual majority consensus the Democrats would have controlled the presidency since 2009, and the House and Senate for about 50% of that time.

cogman ,

Corporate media likes elections to be close and exciting because that draws ratings. Hence the reason they put on kid gloves for the idiot fascist.

Don_Dickle ,

I know one thing if Trump wins I am going to get really really obliterated drunk and high.

TotalCasual ,

It’s really hard for some people to believe that this would ever be the truth. At the very minimum, this is like 50% of the truth, and the other 50% is worse.

MehBlah ,

No one hold trump to any standard. Thats what the trash like about him. He is just as shitty as them.

breetai ,

The president isn’t in charge of COVID. States are in charge of COVID. Pandemics are handled by the states with help from the federal government. BLM protest are once again state issues. I’m not sure why so many Americans don’t understand how the government is run. Presidents are not dictators. They are limited by the constitution and laws.

No why is the split so close? Harris isn’t a good candidate. She’s wildly unpopular and has been for years. He policies are horrible and the average American doesn’t want them. They are the opposite of what Americans want.

Biden has always been fairly unpopular. I’ve always thought the guy was an idiot but he isn’t far left. He fairly moderate to Leaning a little right.

We also have a large red/blue divide in this country and presidents are picked by the EC.

Trump is a horrible candidate but things ran well when he was in office. People will remember that.

The short version is we are running two awful candidates and that’s why the elections are close.

BadmanDan OP ,

Idk about that, several polls are showing Dem enthusiasm around 75-85%. That’s way more than Biden earlier this year. Harris’ base seems to like her.

breetai ,

They’re just excited the person isn’t half dead.

She wasn’t able to get a nomination through the standard channels. They had to put her in the back because they felt she was damaging Biden approval ratings.

He approval rate is low.

projects.fivethirtyeight.com/…/kamala-harris/

More people disprove than approve.

I proudly voted for Obama Kamala is not Obama. She’s not Clinton. Hell she’s not even a Joe Biden.

neidu2 ,

Because a cult leader is automatically the purest one can be and needs no scrutiny.

BadmanDan OP ,

I understand the MAGA cult, but do moderates not see this?

neidu2 ,

There the opposite is true. They already know that the other guy is a villain. Their candidate will have to prove themselves not to be.

Addv4 ,

Plus since they are the figurehead of the party, if they are lackluster in their proof it could affect downstream elections.

MataVatnik ,
@MataVatnik@lemmy.world avatar

Because moderates pathological like to bring up “both sides”

grue ,

“Moderates” are a fiction. They’re just an excuse Democrats make for pandering to corporate donors while giving only the barest scraps to their leftist base.

Buffalox , (edited )

That only explains the cultists, and I doubt the entire media industry is in the cult.

pearsaltchocolatebar ,

Trump gets views. That’s why they love him.

Buffalox ,

Yes I agree, but only because they are a capitalists first and a human beings second.
They love him because they are morons, who don’t know they are engaging in self harm.
It’s sad that people of power, like for instance Elon Musk and the people behind Fox are so stupid they can’t see they are digging their own graves.

ChonkyOwlbear ,

Can you imagine a woman or a black man (let alone a black woman) running for president while being three-times divorced with kids from multiple partners and having cheated multiple times on top of that? Even if they were rich like Trump, it would never fly.

transientpunk ,
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You forgot to add convicted felon

BadmanDan OP ,

Obama’s political career would’ve ended the second “grab em by the p****” got leaked.

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