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[–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That would involve Americans being interested in politics more then once every 4 years

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe if the news had talked about someone besides Trump sometime in the last decade we'd be better informed.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

like you were informed before TFG ran for office...? or were they talking about him then too?

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not sure what TFG means. I would consider myself fairly well informed prior to Trump getting elected. Presidents still got the lion's share of coverage but I was fairly aware of what a lot of other political figures were doing. Since Trump was running against Hillary practically everything in US politics is about him or relating to him in some way. I still try to read news every day but it's incredibly frustrating with how much coverage that orange POS gets.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

weird you switched from "we" in your previous comment to "I" here. my point was the US voters were never well informed. be it reelecting W, or picking the original celebrity president Reagan with an insane landslide, a brilliant move that would ruin the country for generations to come.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago

I can't speak for what information other people were paying attention to or why they voted that way. I'm not old enough to remember Reagan's election but there was plenty of information available when Bush was running there's always going to be people who refuse to consider the opposing party regardless of info they have available. My point was now there isn't even coverage available unless you really dig for it. To know about alternative candidates media picks one story (Usually about Trump) and beats it to death for weeks and even a lot of that is garbage opinion based "journalism".