Comment on just wanting to see what happens

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• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The Overton Window shift in the US is mostly due to persistent low primary attendance.

  Congressional primaries have seen <15% attendance for the last 40 years. Retirees never miss a vote, and have very different needs than the working class. They’re the ones who have been packing our ballots with centrists and conservatives.

  We should be voting twice every two years, not once every four, for federal elections alone. Sign up for mailers if you forget. Research the candidates on the ballot, rather than relying on advertising to coerce you into doing your civic duty.

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  • devdoggy@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So, what do you think of Minnesota? We have/still have higher than most states for voter turn out. 76% of our state turned out for the 2024 election and that I consider low!!

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    • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m referring specifically to the congressional primaries. That’s where we replace the centrist Democrats with progressives who will move the Overton Window back towards the left.

      Looks like you saw 15.1% statewide in 2024

      primary

      mncompass.org/…/what-nine-recent-voter-trends-can…

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      • devdoggy@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Do you consider that to be a higher amount or a lower amount? I saw that our state fluctuates between 9-28?

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  • finitebanjo@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    vote.gov/register

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  • TheFogan@programming.dev ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    currious of the chicken/egg scenerio when it comes to candidates on the ballot though. IE is there only one candidate in the primaries because no one is going to vote anyway, or is no one going to the primaries because only one person is on the ballot.

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    • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      A lack of challengers is exceedingly rare. I was just discussing Fetterman’s election in another thread, where someone was saying he was better than Dr. Oz. He also had three challengers in a primary that only saw 8.5% attendance.

      www.cnn.com/election/2022/results/…/senate

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    • myrrh@ttrpg.network ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      …i don’t bother voting in primaries with only one candidate…

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