no, it's not completely straight
It's should be.
could that be my problem?
Yes.
Edit.
After a closer look the deurailleur it looks way out of shape, it's probably fixable.
If you try to straighten it out, the
red needs to be flat/straight and paralell to the chainrings, the
yellow needs to be flat/horizontal and the
green also needs to be paralell to the chainrings.
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