• Charlxmagne@lemm.ee
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    That’s the issue with the FPTP voting system, it always eventually leads to a 2-party state like the US and the majority of the population votes for someone other than the winning party.

    This happens in literally every country with the same voting system as the US.

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    Both times Trump won was when a woman was running against him. The only time he lost was to a white old man.

    USA is just sexist and Americans better come to terms with it rather than making up random reasons.

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    It’s something to keep in mind.

    Don’t alienate those 36.32%. I’m sure some of us have strong feelings about their choices, but at the end of the day they outnumber Democrats and Republicans each by quite a bit. If you want to see change you are going to have to convince some of them to join you. This goes for elections and this goes for revolutions.

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    This is misleading.

    According to those stats, the majority of people voted for someone other than Harris as well.

    The real takeaway here is large percentage of people that don’t vote.

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    How many of those who didn’t vote were from the states where Democrats won?

    How many were from swing states?

    How many were from Red states?

    In an electoral college based election these nuances matter.

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    Pffffft, the rest of you lot knew what was at stake, the lazy twats who couldn’t be bothered to save their own nation by exercising their RIGHT to vote aren’t off the hook. I’ve literally started to cringe when hearing Americans in public (I live in the UK) because in my mind subconsciously there’s a high chance that person is dumb as fuck.

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    Those who didn’t vote, who thought their vote didn’t matter, that no matter which politician gets elected to whatever office… they’re complicit.

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    I need to mention that the reason why 20 million fewer voters voted is. Because of the massive voter suppression that was done prior to the 2024 election. So many people were purged from voters rolls and many polling places were closed it wasn’t funny.

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    Also! They literally let someone hand out 250 million dollars, openly, and our “courts” gave it the go-ahead - even if it goes against some of the longest standing legal precedent regarding buying votes (done with booze back in the day).

    This election wasn’t a thumb on the scale, it was the oligarchs mushroom-stamping humanity.

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      Yeah, it’s pretty dumb. The popular vote is what should matter. That’s the only way each vote counts as much as any other vote, which is like a basic principle of democracy.

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      Internalizing the “your vote only matters in purple states” will turn it into a self fulfilling prophecy.

      Previously blue states have turned purple, previously purple states have turned red. Nothing is set in stone, although resting on your laurels (if your state is blue) or giving up (if your state is red) will all but guarantee that the changes will only happen in one direction: the bad one.

      In 2020, Texas would have gone blue were it not for Ken Paxton purging mail-in votes, by Paxton’s own admission.

      Nothing is set in stone, so you need fight for every inch.

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        Internalizing the “your vote only matters in purple states” will turn it into a self fulfilling prophecy.

        They’re not prophesizing about some future, but making an obvious factual statement about present reality.

        Nothing is set in stone, so you need fight for every inch.

        You should check out the current administration. They’re not leaving any time soon.

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    How gross it is, considering what was in the line that so many didn’t vote. Also I bet the duck he cheated.

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    In conclusion 68% let Trump win or directly voted for him.