• GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Nixon lost the 1960 election to Kennedy in part due to how he looked during the first televised debate.

    while I agree with you and would love to have policy be the main driver of people’s decisions, elections are unfortunately more about likability than policy for most voters.