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Dancedreamer posted...

I'm most afraid the Israel issue could swing the election. How many will stay home because Biden supports Israel? On the other hand, it doesn't matter what Trump says about Israel, his base will 100% support him.

Out of all the things that could affect the election, I don't think this is going to really change anything unless the Biden admin makes some kind of major mistake, which is of course always possible. Anyone who's so pro-Palestine and anti-Israel that they'd not vote for Biden over pretty straightforward support for a longtime ally (while keeping temperatures much lower than Trump would) probably already wasn't voting for Biden and I think that's a pretty small cohort; if anything I think the Israel thing is likely to be a boon for Biden support so long as he doesn't fuck anything up (which is, again, always possible). It's a good opportunity for him to claw some kind of narrative back of being the right leader for the right time, which has been dogging him pretty much his entire term.