Comment on For my fellow Americans, when is enough enough?
Goun@lemmy.ml 1 week agoWait, did Trump win with 27% of votes!? How do you still use this system?
No, that’s a misleading number.
27% of the entire eligible population voted for him. Less than that voted for Harris. About 45% of eligible voters didn’t bother.
So Trump got more than 50% of the popular vote, as well as the majority of seats. First past the poll is a terrible system, but it’s not the system that’s at fault here, it’s the voters.
HE won the fucking Popular vote!?!?!
no, “didn’t vote” won the popular vote.
As is tradition
Likely, although all votes are not counted yet. All while getting fewer votes than previously, so he was very beatable. It seems people were just not excited to vote for Harris.
Coincidentally, a woman has never been elected POTUS, and she shifted right to embrace “former Republicans” while shrugging off progressives. Total coincidence.
I’m starting to think that America just really doesn’t give a shit about politics if one of their choices is a woman.
Tradition dear boy
This isn’t even a system issue (FPTP, electoral college).
What you’re remarking on is the need for mandatory voting and a federal holiday on voting day
superkret@feddit.org 1 week ago
No, he got >50% of all votes that were cast. The voting system wasn’t the problem this time, the voters were.
Hildegarde@lemmy.world 1 week ago
If the voters are the problem every time, the problem probably isn’t the voters, it’s probably the system. The US always has bad turnout.
superkret@feddit.org 1 week ago
A turnout between 60 and 70% is actually pretty standard for a Western democracy without mandatory voting.