• GretaAintNoFlowerChild@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        2 years ago

        Well, you gotta consider everyone under 17yo can’t vote, and then, there’s all the people in prison and all the other disenfranchised citizens who have had their voting rights stripped by conservatives.

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        2 years ago

        that figure must be of the overall population.

        63.7% overall voter turnout nationwide in 2024.

        five states with the highest turnout were:

        Minnesota (76.4%), Wisconsin (76.40%), Michigan (74.7%), New Hampshire (74.4%), and Colorado (73.1%).

        2020 was the highest nationwide at 66.6%.

        more numbers at ballotpedia

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          Right, that makes sense, thank you.

          that figure must be of the overall population.

          I’d thought so, but forgot there’s actually people who cannot vote (shocker), so in my mind I went “okay, near-70% turnout, so why didn’t he get closer to 35% rather than 20?”… but this in addition to the turnout this time being lower than I remembered makes waaaay more sense, lol.

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      2 years ago

      And tens of millions of americans just didn’t care enough to vote. That was basically saying they are fine with a pedo-rapist who previously attack the captitol win the election. Nazi-enablers.

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            Meaning they were not fine with either winning.

            I would like to ask, what is the point of voting according to you?

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              2 years ago

              At the very least it’s harm reduction.

              Harris wouldn’t be trying to dismantle the government right now if she had won.

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                Harm reduction is great, but if I do not see a candidate that represents me I am not going to vote.

                Why would I support someone that is fucking me over?

                If I had the final say in who gets to be president I might have picked Harris, but honestly, your vote is not going to change the outcome of the election, so why compromise your morality?

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                  1 year ago

                  What a bunch of self serving bullshit. You and everyone else who decided to sit on their ass instead of voting for the better but not perfect candidate are responsible for everything Trump is doing right now.

                  Not voting isn’t going to somehow get you better choices. It’s not like we get a do-over if everyone stays home.

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                    I am not responsible for what Trump is doing. But you, if you voted for Biden, are responsible for the genocide in Gaza. And you would have been responsible for what happened under Harris, and let’s be honest, it wouldn’t be much different.