• Weirdfish@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    True, but remember “did not vote” was higher then either Hillary or Trump first time around.

    I was apathetic in 2016, I didn’t care enough to vote for her, or know enough to vote against Trump.

    I voted against Trump on 2020, and now I’ve seen enough I will vote for Biden in 2024, assuming he is the nominee. Otherwise, it’s another vote against Trump.

    My point is, there was a real disconnect back in 2016, and a lot of people just couldn’t be bothered.

    Trumps base has only gotten smaller, but the people who know and want to keep him out has grown. I suspect we will see both significant turn out, and significant voter suppression in 2024.

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      1 year ago

      …didn’t Trump get more votes in 2020 than in 2016? Has his base really gotten smaller?

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        1 year ago

        Smaller as a percentage of the active electorate. Biden also got more votes than any other candidate before him… but that’s not unexpected with a positive population growth.