romney was a good candidate and did better than mccain. there was just no beating the obama craze which, while diminishing over time, was still only a few years removed from its peak. there was no real american leftism back then so anyone who wasn't a card carrying republican was on the neolib obama train. the relentless glazing of obama on college campuses was insane and uncontested. i didn't know a single young conservative until 2015 after gamergate and trump changed the entire landscape of politics and internet outreach.
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