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[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 45 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, this one was wild. A bunch of our ballot measures went badly, including the heavier sentencing for drugs one getting overwhelming support, even among Democrats. The minimum wage increase also get rejected.

This was apparently the election where people decided to be their worst selves.

[–] trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It didn't help that democrats had a hard-right pivot by laundering the racist "border crisis" narrative and didn't propose any progressive alternative narratives to anything else.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That or the many other demoralizing speeches. We did not need to hear Clinton talk about human shields.

[–] araneae@beehaw.org 5 points 9 months ago

Whoever sent Clinton to Dearborn should be sent into the smoking wastes never to return

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 9 months ago

Californians are the reasons I left California. Just like Americans are the reason I want to leave this country more and more each day of my life, but still, nothing about that first issue has changed for the better since I left.

[–] jabib@beehaw.org 3 points 9 months ago

CA voter here, I think the wording on the ballots was a critical reason for the way these votes turned out coupled with the fact that it's not easy to find information on EVERY SINGLE PROP on the ballot.

I'm proud to say I voted Yes on all except Prop. 36 for increased sentencing. I'm disappointed my votes were overshadowed in some key areas. I'm not going to benefit from any of these measures directly, but I want my Government to take care of its people. That's literally the point. Just a sad time all around this election.