Trump won by less than 2.5 million votes
Only 64% of voters turned out to vote
90 million adults didn’t vote
How history changes on a whim
Only 64% of voters turned out to vote
90 million adults didn’t vote
How history changes on a whim
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Seth Abramson
Trump is slipping farther and farther below 50%. He now leads by only 1.6%—and his vote advantage is under 2.5M. One of the narrower victories of the last 100 years of American politics, and any journalist or politico using the term mandate probably needs to retire from their profession immediately.
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Genocidal madmen
Democracy.
I can understand the lack of enthusiasm to vote.
The settled immigrant community face being rounded up
And all will lose their medicare, vaccines, right to abortion etc
And the Hispanics who voted Trump for his ptomuses to stop illegal immigration may be rounded up anyway.
And ALL will lose healthcare.
However, the fact that a country of 345+mil ppl had such a poor choice of final candidates, ( one so vile that he should have been imprisoned years ago,) shows how absurd elections have become.
A game run by media, money & soundbytes!
The actual figures, as you say, tell a VERY different story…
Eligible Voters:
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/eligible-voters-by-state
Numbers Voted:
https://www.cookpolitical.com/vote-tracker/2024/electoral-college
True PR would solve this, but the downside might be "weaker" governments
Terrific 🙄
Apathy is a politician's best friend!
Except it absolutely did!
If there is one possible positive that can be salvaged from what the US have done, it's that we have the best argument for democratic participation we'll ever get moving forwards.
Getting sympathy votes with two ‘attempted assassinations’ and then getting a moron with money throwing it at voters for Trump’s win!
This is why he was dancing at rallies it was ‘won’!
It's mad that Trump managed to win with no plan. An indictment on the Dems.
Trump, who has often vowed to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, has said that if elected he would only improve it, without offering specifics.
He has promised to deliver lower interest rates, something the president does not control, and he says deporting undocumented immigrants
She promises to ban price-gouging on groceries, help first-time home buyers, increase housing supply and raise the minimum wage.
Trump proposes a number of tax cuts worth trillions, including an extension of his 2017 cuts which mostly helped the wealthy.
But she has also unveiled a number of measures that would ease the tax burden on families, including an expansion of child tax credits.
More people didn’t vote than voted for either candidate. Apathy is the biggest challenge for the Democrats.
Especially when he's won both houses, too.
Denial is simply abuse of statistics.
The only defence against Trump, at least until the mid-terms, is the courts. But Trump owns a bigly selection of judges, so good luck with that.
It seems apathy won there too.
Best wishes.
FPTP is a shambles and undemocratic.
Thats about it what else except for rage and despair? How long to sing this song?
So why has it happened?
The internet allows individuals to select their own sources of information. Whatever biases and bigotry one has, it can be now be amplified and justified.
THAT STANDS ON ITS OWN.
GET REAL DATA INSTEAD OF FABRICATED HORSE HOCKEY!!!!!
This just in... Donald J Trump won the US Presidency in a LAND SLIDE HISTORICAL VOTE VICTORY!!
I feel it's a grave mistake because he's about to take an austerity type wrecking ball to services in the USA.
A) They re most democrats who for whatever reason didn;t bother.
B) They are the politically illiterate which worst politicians would easily dupe into voting agaisnt their own interests?
100% turnout favors the Far Right.
And Trump won by less than 2.5 million votes.
That is really bloody annoying!
What the hell is wrong with people?
Different rules.
Surely, you know that?
The current cabinet is more devious than Johnson's and Truss's?
Really? 🤔
Who's the bigger danger
So sad & dangerous the US has lost its democracy with such a narrow margin.