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It’s not the economy. It’s the charisma.

Look at the history and you will see Americans want someone at least somewhat charismatic as their leader.

Hilary and Harris have less charisma than my cat. They were simply unelectable.

A choice with a slightly more charismatic person and we would see different results in my opinion

Furthermore, and sadly in my opinion, I am not convinced that Americans are ready for a female president. Give it another 20-30 years

While I agree, I can't picture how trump was more charismatic than Harris.

He seems like a used car salesman to me...

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So if Democrats want to elect a woman. Someone like Sydney Sweeney would crush it in US politics. Maybe they should try that next time.
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I'm sure you have a lovely cat and I'd be inclined to agree with you, as I'm not a fan of Clinton or Harris and find cats typically quite charismatic.

But saying Trump was more charismatic than Harris, your cat, or the shit I took this morning is certainly a divisive opinion at least.

I've encountered farts which cleared a room and were still more "charismatic" than Trump according to 9 out of 10 people exposed to both.

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My $0.02, just one opinion yada yada.. Charisma was a part of it sure, but ultimately people can look past that. Bush Sr. had zero charisma.

The bigger part, amongst other things, Harris is part of the current administration, people are not happy about how things are going, or how much their groceries cost. People are not happy to get censored or called nazi's for having different opinions. When asked on a left-leaning show "The View" with people all on her side, what she would change about the last 4 years, she answered, "there is not a thing that comes to mind".

Charisma didn't kill her, not being able to ask layup questions killed her. The American people are not as dumb as the Harris voters are now screaming about on Reddit/TikTok/X, the American people want to know what their president is going to do to change their lives. Trump is a sociopath, again amongst other things, but he is very very clear about where he stands on things and what he's planning on doing.

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