Or at least all the candidates counted with the dataset I could find

  • ratboy [they/them]
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    15 days ago

    Really surprised that Claudia de la Cruz overtook Cornel West so significantly

    • MemesAreTheory [he/him, any]
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      15 days ago

      same reason republicans vote for Trump instead of neocon Democrats: why go for the generic brand when you've got the real thing?

    • brainw0rms
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      6 days ago

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      • ratboy [they/them]
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        14 days ago

        Makes sense; I know a lot of people vote based on vibes and I just remember that he got a decent amount of media exposure and "communist bad" so that's why i was surprised

    • Parzivus [any]
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      15 days ago

      Pretty big chunk of white left leaning libs would go for PSL but not West. I probably would've gone for him if he wasn't kicked out of the race in my state.

      • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]
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        14 days ago

        Pretty big chunk of white left leaning libs would go for PSL but not West.

        Why do you think that?

        • Parzivus [any]
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          14 days ago

          Because he believes in systemic white supremacy in the US. Beyond people that actually read theory (tiny minority), black liberation has not been a popular issue for white people since 1865. Fucking California just voted to keep prison slavery

      • ratboy [they/them]
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        14 days ago

        I think I'm mostly surprised because he's received quite a bit of media attention, or at least he did for a minute but I guess if he didn't even make it on the ballot in some places that would obviously affect the numbers