News @lemmy.world Keeponstalin @lemmy.world 3w ago

Arab-American enthusiasm for voting dampens as Harris, Trump appear neck-and-neck: Poll

www.middleeasteye.net Arab Americans aren't exactly eager to vote this year

A year into US-backed assault on Gaza, Arab Americans seem intent on punishing Democrats by also favouring Republican control of Congress

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Bernie Sanders forcing through this funding bill might end up single handedly saving this election... but it would have been so fucking easy for Harris to tell AIPAC to fuck off.
- but it would have been so fucking easy for Harris to tell AIPAC to fuck off.
  
  And lose millions of votes, ultimately handing the presidency to Trump? Smart move.
  
  Isreali Americans aren't a fully democratic voting block and the attrition would likely be pretty low - by contrast youth turnout is what Democrats really need to drive to secure their victory.
Israel's escalation and invasion of Lebanon is most likely to make the Democrats more unpopular. It's not a coincidence that these escalations happened so close to the election. Israel has been wanting to attack Lebanon since at least the spring, and the US had to talk them down. These events just make the Democrats more unpopular and make a Trump presidency more likely. Which would be Israel's wet dream given how pro-zionist he is.
- He's not pro-zionist, lol.
  
  He's pro Trump and staying out of jail.
  
  Zionists and AIPAC have enough money to make sure Trump is the most pro-zionist president ever.
  
  I'm sure he isn't pro-zionist
Your realistic choices are Harris or Trump.

I'm pretty sure that you're not going to be happier with Trump in office if your objection is US support for Israel, and especially US-Iran conflict, seeing both past policy and that Iran got caught in the act of trying to off Trump several months back.

But, your vote.
- Your realistic choices are support genocide or support genocide.
  
  But hey your vote.
  
  One of them is significantly more gleeful about Israel winning than the other, though. World politics is nasty stuff.
  
  True, there's no nuance to be seen here. Move along everyone.
only one party wants to deport all immigrants. but yeah, vote foreign policy while they work to evict you
USA foreign policy has always been fuck you
Oh fuck off with this propaganda. This treats all Muslims as if they are fucking idiots who have no idea what is going on.
- I’m not sure if “middleeasteye.net” is a reliable source…
  
  It is actually a very reliable source, with a focus on the Middle East.
  
  It’s a UK paper, founded by David Hearst (former Guardian writer and correspondent).
I don't know that a reporter in Ontario is the best person to write about this and I find it hard to believe that this outlet couldn't find a single Arab-American writer to cover this.

Which sure makes this article suspicious.
- The headline alone is complete trash. This election is not about arab-americans losing "enthusiasm". It's about both candidates supporting genocide.

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