• SuiXi3D
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      408 days ago

      The largest percentage of the election was that of voters that didn’t vote, and the division between republican and democratic votes was less than half a percent, if I remember correctly.

      Most are just sick of the system that’s oppressing us and are conflicted on how to fix it, or just don’t know enough to have an opinion.

      • @Hayduke@lemmy.world
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        68 days ago

        ~64% of eligible voters did so. So technically, the majority did vote, but damn that seems like a weak turnout given the stakes at hand.

      • @BassTurd@lemmy.world
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        That majority of non voters is the second leading reason Trump was elected. Them not voting is only marginally better than voting for a fascist and they don’t get a pass because the system is flawed. Millions of other people got out and did it, and while I know there is interference for a lot of people, it’s not for the majority. Silence is complacency, and the vast majority of those non voters fall squarely in that category.

        So the vast majority decided to vote for Trump and not vote against Trump, and that’s an unfortunate fact that American as a whole has gone all in on fascism, and it’s not even debatable if that’s what the country wanted.

    • @lennybird@lemmy.world
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      208 days ago

      Couch sitters, too. If you’re so apathetic or ignorant you think not voting because you erroneously believed the BoTH sIDeS bullshit or voting Trump was better, that is the problem.

      But then you must trace the root of why people are ignorant and apathetic to the right-wing propaganda machine both foreign and domestic.

      • @riverSpirit@thelemmy.club
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        8 days ago

        Blue no matter who’s, too. People blindly supporting their party and trying to silence any criticism leading to a party that only gets worse each election, are the problem.

        Despite people’s ignorance on the topic the Democrats are also apart of the global right wing propaganda machine mind you, they are also a capitalist party.

        • @lennybird@lemmy.world
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          16 days ago

          Honestly, is there any election you can think of where there was an alternative on the ballot who was better than the blue though? I genuinely can’t think of a time.

        • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost
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          27 days ago

          Politicians can’t be blamed when they fail their job of earning and swaying voters, its the voter’s fault for not being interested in a lack of meaningful change. That’s the Democrat way.

        • @lennybird@lemmy.world
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          Ah yes, because in a binary choice outcome, you decide to take the greater poison not only in terms of genocide (which yes, a genocide can always get worse), but also worsening a genocide by Russia in Ukraine, women’s bodily autonomy, climate change, Healthcare, and LGBTQ+ rights.

          That sure makes sense… I think they call that throwing the baby out with the bathwater?