• ConditionOverload@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Truly don’t think it’s half. It’s just the way our elections and voting works. Every the stupid minority has a loud voice when we weigh votes instead of simply going for popular votes overall.

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        you can count all the people who don’t vote in the stupid category, so actually more than half.

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          You need to factor effects from gerrymandering and other forms of vote suppression. I think there’s a lot of wealth trapped in the hands of a few very shitty people, which has allowed them to shape / distort perceptions of just how “popular” their values really are.

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          With the way American elections are setup, I’m expecting a lot of non voters didn’t have had a choice…

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          Well there’s also a lot of people that can’t vote because they can’t afford to take time off work, especially if they can’t mail in their votes.

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          Remember that a lot of people couldn’t vote. Either because of voter registration rolls getting purged or disenfranchisement from a criminal charge.

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        The second best result ever in terms of popular vote was Trump 2020, only behind Biden 2020. So it is close enough to half of America.