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Because you now did it to yourself.

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[–] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 218 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They'd be upset if they could read.

[–] cdf12345@lemm.ee 163 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Most of us can, and are also stunned by the dunbass other half of the population

[–] Tagger@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago (1 children)

*Slightly less than half ~~most~~ of us can, and are stunned by the dumbass other half of the population FTFY

[–] Wrench@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago

Roughly 1/3 of the voting age population.

About 1/3rd of the voting age population do not vote.

We're outnumbered 2:1

[–] Bonifratz@lemm.ee 28 points 1 month ago

...as was the case in 1933 Germany...

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Sure but a lot didn’t care. Less voters this time Trump votes stayed steady so. Lots of people who voted Biden where ok with Trump getting in.

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

clearly it's more than half...

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's not though. Voting is not mandatory and voter turnout in the US hovers only around 35-40% of the eligible population, on the high side.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 67 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The non-voters are also dumb.

[–] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com -5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Hey, that'll get them to vote!

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah too bad i havent spent the last 2 months getting people to see reason and shift harris. Sigh.

Sorry it's your fault you weren't able to quell their every objection despite how unreasonable they may have been.

[–] omgarm@feddit.nl 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If a random comment on Lemmy would get a non-voter to vote or not vote then they're pretty weak willed. Not voting should be a conscious decision.

[–] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

no but these comments are microcosms of the national discussion harris' campaign just fucking ignored. she made it absolutely impossible for me to say good things about her campaign. the best thing, as demonstrated this last month, people could say about her is 'not trump.' fuck me.

[–] RippleEffect@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe we should vote to round them up

[–] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

😮‍💨 alright genocide joe. Its time for you to hit the pastures.

[–] RippleEffect@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In all honesty, what if there was a refundable tax credit for voting or something similar. Wouldn't even have to be a lot. If you voted, claim $20 or something.

We'd still have a lot of non voters but I bet some would be swayed by being rewarded for voting

[–] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

And when those non-voters leave the presidential ticket blank what then? you're focusing on the wrong part; getting people to show up isnt the issue. they'll show up if your candidates are not ass and you have a good ground game.

[–] RippleEffect@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If they leave it blank, then so be it. Maybe they'll vote quickly on something else on the ballot. Either way, they would be present and more likely to vote. I don't really care if it's dem or rep or abstain. Abstain is a valid choice, but I would prefer it to be clear that that's what they're choosing.

[–] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

shrug can't help you there. I mean they literally fucking told everyone what was going to happen. And the dnc/harris decided to hold the course instead of you know, including them.

[–] RippleEffect@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean we can't even seem to make election day a holiday.

[–] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago

eh? most states allow mail in ballots and early voting weeks in advance. IMO we already have this in most places.

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Once you take into account registered voters versus eligible citizens, and the turnout of registered voters... It actually comes out to more like 25% of eligible citizens actually voting, and that's on the high side.

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

like the other commenter said, both trump voters as people who do not vote are stupid (except for those who were physically unable to vote in any way)

[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I mean they may or may not be stupid, but you can guarantee that issues like rape, solvency, bigotry, tyranny, autonomy, and religious freedom, are all not a concern to them. At least until it suddenly is.

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nope, 1/3 of the population never votes. That's around 100 million people. And neither party has close to 50% of the US population, so it doesn't come down to a little more than half no matter who wins.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And the people that don’t vote don’t matter cause they don’t care either way.

[–] Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee -2 points 1 month ago

Or they do care but don't see enough of a difference between parties to matter which is in power

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Ironically I think you meant to type "dumbass" while criticizing reading comprehension.

I get it, probably on mobile, but I couldn't NOT reply.