Comment on Diplomat [George Brandis]'s warning not to erode Rudd's standing in Washington after Trump barbs
ajsadauskas@aus.social 6 months ago@Ilandar But it's really not.
The US has voluntary voting. Typically only a little over 50% of eligible voters turn up to vote.
That means even if the GOP managed to get 50% of the popular vote, that's just 25% of eligible voters.
Let's assume that 50% of those Republican voters are core loyal Trump supporters.
Okay, well that's just 12.5% of the US population.
A considerable percentage, no doubt. But for context, around 14% of the US population is black.
Now if 75% or more of the population isn't voting Republican, then a landslide is absolutely possible.
And if that landslide is not just in the presidential race, but on many down-ballot races as well, you're going to start to see the non-Trumpists in the GOP distance themselves from Don pretty bloody quickly.
Ilandar@aussie.zone 6 months ago
It’s not going to happen. I don’t think you realise how unpopular Biden is, people don’t want to vote for him either. You’re kind of just blanket assuming that anyone who isn’t a Trump loyalist will vote for Biden but that’s not at all what will happen.