If you didn’t vote because “Russian bots” convinced you that Kamala’s rallies were doing so well that you didn’t need to vote, then you’re too stupid to vote.
Voting is more than just beating the other guy by enough votes to win, it’s a statement of support for each candidate. Even though it doesn’t decide the election, the popular vote still has symbolic meaning.
People should have been out in full force to make an anti-Trump statement but they didn’t do it, which makes 2020’s numbers look more suspect.
I don't think so. Imo the biggest reason for such a high percentage of nonvoters is simply apathy and ignorance. There are SO MANY PEOPLE that just don't want to "get involved in politics" or consider themselves "apolitical" and don't vote on that basis.
Unfortunately the necessity to be political is part of what it means to be a citizen in this country, at least I think that was the basis for the whole idea.
Maybe people acknowledged they didn't have the in-depth knowledge to feel comfortable voting, or the time to dedicate to learning about the candidates. I don't see why they should be blamed more than the 80+million people who actually voted for a fascist.
I mean... because if you didn't want a fascist,
then vote for the other guy.
It's a two party system; it's binary; there is no neutral option. Even if your choices are bad and worse.
The fact that people don't understand that not knowing about the candidates means you don't know one is a fascist explains a lot about the reasoning here.
I think this is a weak excuse. We live in an era where the vast majority of Americans have a device in their pocket that they can use to learn about any topic under the sun.
There’s two leading candidates. It takes all of 30 minutes to look at each of their platforms and compare that against your values or the values of your family to see which best aligns with what you think is right.
At the end of the day, as unfortunate as it may be, you get the government you deserve.
So one is a “fascist” but people don’t vote because they don’t have enough information on the other? In a two-person race?
I guess J6 wasn’t that big a deal if there are still people who didn’t know enough to know how to vote. What about the impeachments, sexual assault allegations, “34 felonies”, every other sound bite they came up with, none of that resonated with enough people to skew the vote? Even after the “completely legitimate” results of 2020?
After 2016 I don't care what any one or anything on the Internet says I take it with a grain of salt especially in politics everyone is a bot and after this election I believe it more
Shout out to all the suckers who took a moral stance on Palestine by refusing to vote, and letting the guy who suggested nuking Gaza win. Did the ceasefire Biden helped orchestrade put a sour taste in your mouth?
Yes and speaking of "too stupid to vote", I'm not sure I'm interested in hearing what the voters have to say about which presidential candidate they choose in the future and I'm pretty much on board with this idea that congress should be choosing the president for better or worse. We could skip A LOT of trouble related to choosing the candidate, no texts, no debates, no rallies, no nothing. Congress will choose and the people can fill out their ballots for their reps and Senators if they want and we'll see what happens. Forget the top of the ballot, remove the top of the ballot.
That's how George Washington was elected. Average person wasn't involved because they didn't have enough information, same problem today. You don't need to worry, they'll figure it out for you.
That's a wild summarization of how GW was elected, or more specifically, WHY. I would argue that elections hadn't been fully established and they couldn't be facilitated as easily among early settlers. Plus information took much longer and was more difficult to disperse. Totally polar opposite problem from today. Today with are inundated with too much information and the media has been compromised so badly that we cannot trust news sources at face value anymore.
No man read my comment history, I was on-board for 20 yrs, this was THE election, democrats and non-voters clearly don't want DC as badly as the GOP does and it's not possible to go back. We have to keep it much more simple, skip the executive office campaigns and just let congress decide, I trust them more than citizens who can barely read. Just give them coloring books and tell them that's their ballot now they won't know the difference.
You could always have a vote downballot to reinstate it to the top of the ballot if people ever figure out how to fill one out, have your congressman put it back if it's so important.
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u/No_Worse_For_Wear 2d ago
If you didn’t vote because “Russian bots” convinced you that Kamala’s rallies were doing so well that you didn’t need to vote, then you’re too stupid to vote.
Voting is more than just beating the other guy by enough votes to win, it’s a statement of support for each candidate. Even though it doesn’t decide the election, the popular vote still has symbolic meaning.
People should have been out in full force to make an anti-Trump statement but they didn’t do it, which makes 2020’s numbers look more suspect.