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[–] LovingHippieCat@lemmy.world 17 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (17 children)

Another article that uses the same poll that says 19 million people who voted for Biden didn't vote despite not having any sources for that number. The Harris and Biden vote difference was under 6 million. 19 million is multiplying that times around 3.

Edit: I also find it interesting that so many of the polls we have had about the reasons people didn't vote for Harris have different reasons. Some say Inflation, this one says Gaza. Just interesting how different polls can be conducted. This one was also backed by the Institute for Middle East Understanding so, while I don't think they necessarily rigged it, I am not surprised that a poll backed by a Middle East organization showed support for Gaza was a deciding reason for a lot of voters. Regardless, Gaza had some impact that can't be disregarded.

Second edit: to be clear, I'm not saying the poll says 19 million, I'm saying the article does with no evidence. I'm keeping the original wording and correcting it in this edit for clarities sake.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (4 children)

The biggest reason is that voter turnout wasn't repressed, the 2020 turnout was artificially inflated by emergency vote by mail rules due to the pandemic.

2012 - Obama 65,915,795 Romney 60,933,504
Total - 126,849,299

2016 - Trump 62,984,828 Clinton 65,853,514
Total - 128,838,342

2020 - Biden 81,283,501 Trump 74,223,975
Total - 155,507,476

2024 - Trump 77,303,573 Harris 75,019,257
Total - 152,322,830

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago

Did you look at your own numbers? Trump did better than he did in 2020, while Harris did substantially worse than Biden.

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