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[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 76 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Even the far left is stupid in America. They're supposed to be the educated ones. But instead of doing their civic duty, they stayed home. And you can blame it on Democrats all you like, but it's your duty to go vote, no matter who you vote for. The turnout this election was pathetic.

I don't understand how these people are going to complain now for the next 4 years, when they didn't even want to take part.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago

It is absolutely fucking infuriating how many people disagree with your assessment here but you are absolutely 100% right as fuck.

[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I expected him to win, but i did not expect such a sad turnout.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ok this line of thinking is pissing me off.

As of this right now the turn out is 140,144,378 and counting (it will be weeks before the final number).

If we look at the last 90 or so years we can see that this "sad turnout" is the second highest only behind 2020s 158,481,688.

[–] Hazor@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

90 years ago the entire US population was less than that 140 million, let alone eligible voters. Percentage of eligible voters would make a better argument than absolute numbers when you're comparing over time.

That said, 140m versus 158m is a huge drop. An astonishing drop. The final total could still amount to a >10% reduction in turnout, despite a slight increase in the number of eligible voters. I don't understand how that could be viewed as not sad, regardless of who you vote for.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Ok, a few things. This is also using the percent of eligible voters and shows about the expected turn out if not higher then normal. And more importantly 140 million is not the final number in fact some places have stated "National turnout has been estimated at 64.5 percent this year, with around 158 million ballots counted out of the 245 million eligible voters."

I am sorry that this is not the easy target of blame people clearly want it to be.

[–] freeman@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago

She got 14 millions less votes than Biden.I doubt there are even 10 million far leftists in the USA.

[–] spicehoarder@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

Gaza is to Harris what Drone Strikes were to Hillary in 2016.

[–] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But instead of doing their civic duty, they stayed home

Do you have anything to back this up, or is this typical Democrat blaming people they never tried to appeal to?

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] ThatOneKrazyKaptain@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

2020 is not the fucking baseline, this was above average, great even. 2020 was the highest turnout since Reconstruction you can't rely on that to stick

[–] wellheh@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Honestly it should be. If people could find ways to vote during a pandemic, they should be able to do it without one. That we've regressed is a serious issue

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

Am I right in my understanding that the 'super high' turnout of 2020 was still less than 50% of eligible voters? That really looks like maybe a minimum turnout threshold should exist :(

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

You mean the abysmal (checks notes) second highest turn out since 1932? The turnout whose numbers are still as of right now being counted? That turnout?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Guess liberals should have tried to get people excited to vote.

[–] IzzyJ@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You shouldve been aninated enough to vote against trump. He is just that bad, abstaining is abhorrent.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Right on the money.