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Green Party candidate Jill Stein is gaining ground among Muslim-American voters in three critical swing states: Michigan, Arizona, and Wisconsin, according to a recent poll by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

Stein leads Vice President and Democrat candidate Kamala Harris in these states, with 40 per cent support in Michigan, 35 per cent in Arizona, and 44 per cent in Wisconsin. This surge in popularity appears tied to Stein’s vocal criticism of US support for Israel during the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Biden's ousting proves that the party donors control the party. They changed candidates because the donors didn't want him, and as soon as they changed the Party was showered with money.

Now certainly voter enthusiasm was part of that, but only to a certain extent. Donors aren't going to pull funding because Democrats join a bipartisan Muslim ban.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Donors did everything they could to keep Biden in. Even after Biden 'beat medicare' in his debate with Trump he got backing from the establishment.

The establishment ditched Biden solely because had no shot at beating Trump. No matter how much he was the perfect ghoul puppet, if he can't win there's nothing for his donors to control.

Both parties are trying to sell votes to the highest bidders. Their goal is to sell out as much as possible while still winning the election. But they are now straddling so close to that line that they need to make compromises.

Many immigrants tried to vote Democrat in 2020 only to be met with "build the wall". Muslims loyally voted Democrat and were met with Genocide in Palestine. When politicians don't get punished for going against their voters interests they only learn to keep doing it. After all why should they listen to their base if they keep voting for them

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Democrats don't want to waste money on a loser

Yes thats my point. They will only respond and appeal to voters when they drop in the polls.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They're polling very poorly among Muslims.

The problem is that Muslims are a minority voting population. They only effect the race in a few states. Biden was so bad that he was hurting Democrats in every state.

I just don't think Democrats will do anything to chase Muslim voters. They'd rather help Republicans eliminate them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I half agree. They are small in number but they have a huge advantage that they primarily live in swing states where all votes matter. If they lived in a blue state you would be completely right.

I just don’t think Democrats will do anything to chase Muslim voters. They’d rather help Republicans eliminate them.

In the end it really comes down to whether Democrats feel enough pressure before the election to take action. If Trump keeps flopping and crashing in the election they hold little power. If the polls are super close there's a chance Democrats will be forced to take action just like how they dumped Biden.