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Ehhh maybe 60%.
Pose this question around here and there. It's ridiculously funny how many people cannot answer it.
I edited it down to 90%. I think there's about 10% who misunderstand Biden's domestic policies enough that they think he's been destructive to unions or something, and so they feel reluctant to say they want him to win even against a clear catastrophe.
Do you honestly think there are a bunch of people (40% or 4% or 0.4%) on Lemmy who like weapons shipments to Israel? What are you basing this on? I've seen one person on Mastodon who seemed like they'd bought into a lot of the propaganda that discredits news about what's happening to the Palestinians, and honestly believed the IDF was fighting a normal lawful war against armed opponents. That one person represents probably about 0.1% or less of the accounts I've interacted with; I have not seen any other person who I think would be in favor of aid to Israel.
But that is my experience; maybe I am missing something.
Check my comment history where I've asked this question. You'll see several examples of people:
Fair enough that may be true. I'll keep toying with the language and see if it makes a noticeable difference.
I mean, it is a counterfactual question in a way that makes people want to take a step back from it instead of just buying into the premise and giving a straight answer. The likely outcomes are Biden + aid for Israel, or Trump + aid for Israel, so separating Biden from aid to Israel sort of comes across like a non sequitur.
All fair points but you were able to make a decision ultimately.