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[โ€“] 5ymm3trY@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"I don't live in a swing state so my vote does not matter anyways".

I am not a US citizen, that is just something I picked up from a random interview of a non-voter a while ago. I don't know if that is a common opinion, but it made sense to me in explaining political disinterest.

[โ€“] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

It has to do with the electoral college and how it limits voting power. So it contributes to political disinterest.