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fuck the people that never even bothered to vote at all even though it's literally the most important thing you can do as a citizen in a democracy
Funny, because so much of Trump's support came from people who were totally checked out of the process under Romney and McCain.
If you look at his gross turnout, he's presided over an enormous surge in GOP participation.
You know there's more to vote for than president right, and more things that effect you directly. Not even dwelling on the fact that politicians earning your vote is the cornerstone of democracy, not candidates that have your vote no matter what because how awful the other guy is.
Always curious to hear when people lash out at other voters who have clear concise demands and a non-cursory grasp of politics if they spent the time to research and vote for the different props in their area, or if they just read the ads each side puts forth and just pick one. Or worse yet, skips them or randomly bubbles.
If you’re voting or not voting for one soul reason and only one soul reason then you are both a victim and enabler of The Southern Strategy. You did everything the GOP asked of you. You got played.
First of all, the fuck you think I didn't have more than one reason?
Second, the southern strategy is about otherizing minorities to keep the working class fighting amongst ourselves, not about "single issue voting" as you seem to imply.
Third, a line in the sand is not the same thing as single issue voting. And (talking about the Gaza Genocide as you're implying) genocide is a pretty hard fucking line in the sand. Your privledge is showing
Your lack of situational understanding is showing.
Edit: and the southern strategy used race as a single issue vote strategy during the Nixon Goldwater era, the core of it is single issue voting. Get people to vote, or not vote, for a singular issue and everything else is on the table. Hence the chorus of “I didn’t vote for this.”