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Because you now did it to yourself.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

clearly it's more than half...

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's not though. Voting is not mandatory and voter turnout in the US hovers only around 35-40% of the eligible population, on the high side.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The non-voters are also dumb.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Hey, that'll get them to vote!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah too bad i havent spent the last 2 months getting people to see reason and shift harris. Sigh.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If a random comment on Lemmy would get a non-voter to vote or not vote then they're pretty weak willed. Not voting should be a conscious decision.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

no but these comments are microcosms of the national discussion harris' campaign just fucking ignored. she made it absolutely impossible for me to say good things about her campaign. the best thing, as demonstrated this last month, people could say about her is 'not trump.' fuck me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago

Maybe we should vote to round them up

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Once you take into account registered voters versus eligible citizens, and the turnout of registered voters... It actually comes out to more like 25% of eligible citizens actually voting, and that's on the high side.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

like the other commenter said, both trump voters as people who do not vote are stupid (except for those who were physically unable to vote in any way)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I mean they may or may not be stupid, but you can guarantee that issues like rape, solvency, bigotry, tyranny, autonomy, and religious freedom, are all not a concern to them. At least until it suddenly is.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nope, 1/3 of the population never votes. That's around 100 million people. And neither party has close to 50% of the US population, so it doesn't come down to a little more than half no matter who wins.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

And the people that don’t vote don’t matter cause they don’t care either way.