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Presidential election popular vote tallies lined up against “did not vote” (mbin.grits.dev)

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[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If it makes you feel any better, the trend looks like more people are voting as time goes on.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

As crazy as it is, Donald Trump appears to have been the single largest motivator to vote in American history. Either him or Covid.

He has definitely motivated me to vote twice, and for the rest of my life I won’t miss an election. Seriously. I had voted before, but I’d sit it out if I was too busy or I didn’t particularly like either candidate.

I have happily voted for Mr. or Ms. Not Trump twice. Now I also have to vote for Mr or Ms Not Influenced by Trump every chance I get too.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

George Floyd too. 2020 definitely felt like the boiling point for a lot of things that centered around Trump in a 100% divisive way.

I did a protest vote in 2016 (my state has zero impact), but from now on I want to make sure the numbers show accurately who got the most votes.