People don’t vote because they see the system is rigged so the popular vote isn’t a great standard to go by either, it’s a product of the system as well
If you had 100% turnout the popular vote would be very different.
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dan1101@lemm.ee 1 month agoIf Trump won the electoral college but not the popular vote I’d say it is.non-Democratic. But he won the popular vote too. So half the country are just self destructive.
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SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
People don’t vote because they see the system is rigged so the popular vote isn’t a great standard to go by either, it’s a product of the system as well
Yeah, I didn’t even bother. My area is such a strong republican district that my vote is functionally irrelevant. Hell, they didn’t even bother with democrat candidates on a local level.
PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 1 month ago
If that were me I would run as an independent, people love that on a local level. “I’m putting town/county first!” And say I’m going to fix the roads people LOVE talking about how bad the roads are when it comes to local politics.
ICastFist@programming.dev 1 month ago
Quite the change from 2016, when he lost the popular vote by almost 3 million. Congrats, 'murica.
dan1101@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Yeah we are not trending in the right direction here.
PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 1 month ago
There’s a lot of fuckery that happened since before and after the election. They fucked with the census to give red states more ec votes. They changed voting rules and redistricted in many states. They got ballots thrown out in certain areas. Yesterday the voting computer system in my (blue) county didn’t work for the first two hours fortunately I voted early. There’s also a lot more nuanced targeted misinformation out there now. People have these ideas in their heads and I have no clue where they came from. I block ads all the time but I imagine places like TikTok can easily manipulate people without anybody around them knowing about it.
nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
There were no good options. And that’s because of the electoral system.
dan1101@lemm.ee 1 month ago
There was a so-so option and a terrible option IMO.
nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
In other words, no good options. Few people were truly excited to vote for Kamala. That’s the issue.
jacktherippah@lemmy.world 1 month ago
California has only counted around half their votes so a popular vote win for Kamala could be a thing.