It's deeper than that. I know. I used to get infuriated. They don't understand civics, and they haven't read the constitution. Most people have a romantic view of governing. They think it's like a children's fairytale. Our educational system also ducks at teaching civics, history and science.
Easier to teach civics, history, and science if you simplify it by removing everything that might be woke.
Daily propaganda reinforces the fairytale. /sarcasm
I'm hoping that the hands off protests encourage learning Civics, History, and Science.
Talking to a Costco employee about the company keeping their DEI initiatives and his answer was, ‘I don’t follow politics.’
And that’s what they want ignorant, indifferent and indoctrinated.
I broke up a friendship with a friend of 7 years because of the essence of your text! She told me she wasn't going to vote. When I told her it was her Civic Duty to vote, she made a couple of remarks that blew me away🫨 .. I haven't spoken to her since that day!
Oh, I've fought with them. It's always "she didn't earn my vote, either the left matters or it doesn't, I couldn't co-sign genocide." Absolutely ignoring what we have is far, far worse now.
Horribly. Trump is a monster. It's just that the part of the equation is often left out of the conversation. Perhaps Dems should stop supporting those things
I voted for Harris, so I am not having a very good day, week, month or year.
She and I are very similar. Both of us married Jewish men. We are living in tough times right now. Google these to get a flavor. Gotta go now, as I am late for a Passover Seder.
Your rhetoric is confusing. From your posts and replies, I was convinced you’re a maga troll. I don’t understand why you think my views should be attacked?
No, I am so not MAGA. I’m against the wholesale slaughter of innocent women & children. I am against the destruction of homes, schools, hospitals, & places of worship. I am aghast at the annihilation of an entire population. I was aghast at the Warsaw ghetto annihilation as well.
I’ve spoken with many voters who “didn’t like either candidate, so they didn’t vote.” Oh. Ok. But, was one of them promising a time travel to Nazi Germany?
I don't think the website itself would give me that kind of info. But gathering from what I've seen from other states, the polling sites should let you know if your ballot needs cured. This could be a state by state thing though - with Repub states eliminating curing. Wouldn't put it past em.
At the moment we have a coalition government of 3 parties, 2 of which are pretty right-wing. It’s a bit of a nightmare but they are making themselves pretty unpopular so hopefully they will be gone next year.
Catholics know a thing or two about laziness, too, eh? You use smoke to choose your popes, and then you follow whatever arbitrary rules they edict. THAT'S not weird.
Look at what Catholics are doing to women via the SCOTUS. Nothing progressive about that.
It’s not all lazy. Voter suppression is a huge obstacle and one that is about to impact even more people. The ID laws, inability for a mail in voting, purging of rolls all impact people voting.
while he did win the popular vote, it wasn’t a mandate. It’s not like he’s rocking a 70% approval rating. It’s pretty clear that people are unsatisfied with the system, and the Democrats didn’t represent change. Trump did. it makes sense why he won.
i’d simply argue that most people in the us simply lack education. Because of that, people simply just didn’t bother doing actual research. You and I can come to an agreement that he is the absolute worst president; because we’re educated on who he is,what he’s done, and who aligns with him.
That’s exactly what these FASCISTS want US to do! Just lay down & let them continue to take away all our RIGHTS & FREEDOMS. Because that’s how they actually WIN.
Stop enabling FASCISTS with your JUST GIVE UP attitude & start RESISTING & FIGHTING back.
If it’s not available at the Walmart. They won’t go out of their way to vote. If there were voting machines inside all of the Walmart locations, more people would vote.
You have to check your stats. There were a little over 161 million registered voters in 2024. Vote counts say trump won over 77 million; Harris won abt 75 million. That adds up to about 152 million, leaving around 10 million who did not vote. Big difference.
Approximately 245 million Americans were eligible to vote in the 2024 general election. Whether they actually registered to vote or not is not the point. The main point is that a huge number (93 million or 38%) did not participate.
A huge problem we have had in the US since the beginning is that it is not fully democratic. Redistricting is huge. Voter roles and Mail in ballots get purged. Constantly changing laws for registration with the bar set higher and higher. Felony convictions matter and vary wildly from state to state.
Yeah. It is the point. If we can't mainly accurate in what we state as facts, what we say loses value. Adding or subtracting a word can change the whole meaning of a statement. If you want to talk only about disaffected or "apolitical " individuals that's a whole other conversation.
Looks like the difference is between registered and eligible voters. There may be 160 million registered but there are 245 million eligible voters. I think it is valid to say 89 million eligible voters didn't vote because that is true.
Bot making an excuse for others but for many it’s still mentally and physically cumbersome ; I’m making the case- one thing we need coming out of the is chaos is a national holiday to vote.
My daughter, who’s registered as a democrat, found out that her registration had been purged. She was able to reregister, but when she tried to request a mail in ballot she wasn’t allowed to. She had to drive hours each way from college to vote here in person.
Why aren’t we talking more about the election interference? Ballot boxes were set on fire. Mail-in ballots rejected. Voters purged from the rolls. Polling stations shut down. And a billionaire handing out checks to voters.
Bomb threats from Russia to Democrat heavy areas. People who had voted checked and found out their votes weren’t counted. Trump admitting that Musk used computers to help him win Pennsylvania. That he won every single swing state in an extremely unusually fast time.
It's every citizens responsibility to study the issues, research the candidates, and then make a decision with their vote. Every child must be taught the different systems of gov't & how they work, not just our own. Where/when I was in public school it was covered every year from grade 5-12.
Maybe Americans are not interested in bad choices. Maybe people don't want the false politics of an empty suit OR a facist, both pro genocide, as a choice. Maybe the people want revolution and are waiting for a breaking point. Maybe America is collapsing and politics is to blame.
We deserve to lose our democracy. We are too stupid. I would bet that 90% of that 90 million will still not vote because they have no FUCKING clue what's at stake and don't believe how bad it will get if the GOP remains in control.
Approximately 245 million Americans were eligible to vote in the 2024 general election. Whether they actually registered to vote or not is not the point. The main point is that a huge number (93 million or 38%) did not participate.
The two-party system is one party away from dictatorship. Let that house of cards burn down because it's not working for citizens. Only for musk and bezos under both party's equally
Good point. Much more effective to suppress voting than removing voting boxes and gerrymandering.
But why bother since the Trump party leader will choose the percentage he wins by, like Putin does.
Of those non voters, I'm really intrigued to know how they now feel about the outcome. Do they like what's happening? Are they being influenced to at least vote next time?
The American system that makes it increasingly harder and harder to vote? You think that’s a good system? I’d soooo much rather your system lmao that’s crazy
I tried to get some of friends to vote and they said it doesn’t affect them. They repeated words from Trump. I talked with passion about how wrong they were with facts!
A lot of these people DID vote. Their ballots were purged from the rolls because of their ethnicity. This was a Rigged election, Folks! Thanks to the Fascist Republican Governors.
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Their laziness may indeed cost us what's left of our democracy.
Daily propaganda reinforces the fairytale. /sarcasm
I'm hoping that the hands off protests encourage learning Civics, History, and Science.
No point asking about voting … sad …
And that’s what they want ignorant, indifferent and indoctrinated.
And a follow-up reply to their answer might be, “Your vote counts in these concerns”.
She and I are very similar. Both of us married Jewish men. We are living in tough times right now. Google these to get a flavor. Gotta go now, as I am late for a Passover Seder.
Asking because l don’t know.
Of course, same day voting you just complete your ballot and turn it in personally.
Each state does things differently. Blue states are way more amicable to voters.
Does the status tracking let you know if your ballot was rejected for any reason?
From what I’ve read, Republican states really don’t seem to like voters actually voting.
At the moment we have a coalition government of 3 parties, 2 of which are pretty right-wing. It’s a bit of a nightmare but they are making themselves pretty unpopular so hopefully they will be gone next year.
Oh, you are soooo lucky if you can boot em.
Here, Republicans have spent decades fueling division based on cultural issues. It is cynical and now, extremely damaging.
I'm certain your right wing is trying to emulate Trump and MAGA; but I think we're seeing a global rejection.
Look at what Catholics are doing to women via the SCOTUS. Nothing progressive about that.
Get private money out of elections. Money is NOT speech.--it is a tool of corruption.
Stop enabling FASCISTS with your JUST GIVE UP attitude & start RESISTING & FIGHTING back.
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2024-11-15/how-many-people-didnt-vote-in-the-2024-election
It needs to be a national holiday.
Why aren’t we talking more about the election interference? Ballot boxes were set on fire. Mail-in ballots rejected. Voters purged from the rolls. Polling stations shut down. And a billionaire handing out checks to voters.
But why bother since the Trump party leader will choose the percentage he wins by, like Putin does.