01-20-2021, 08:59 PM
(01-20-2021, 08:40 PM)LP link Wrote:Convincing people who already support you to vote is not the same as picking up support, I realise this is a technical debate, but when you use a term like "with support he picked up" it's a bit Trumpesque!
It's the deliberately loose use of language, and promoting all opinions as equal, that got us into this mess!
It's the reality of the US electoral system.
Biden managed to motivate more of his folk to turn out.
If I don't feel committed enough to vote for a candidate in one election even though he shares my beliefs and I'm a registered voter for his party... If he picks up my vote in the following election he has "attracted my support."