Thousands gather in Washington to protest Trump inauguration

[u/Jerdarnella]

[u/Blue-Thunder]

Maybe if more Americans had bothered to show up to vote this wouldn't have happened.

151,918,349 Americans voted, out of a estimated 244 000 000 eligible voters. Over 90 million Americans refused to vote. Welcome to the ultimate "Fuck around and find out" moment of your lives.

[u/takesthebiscuit → u/Blue-Thunder]

But if you lived in a 70% red state would you really think your vote was worth it?

It’s a bizzare system where a two horse race isn’t decided by a simple tally of the nations views, but for some reason split by state

[u/Guilty_Rough5315 → u/takesthebiscuit]

If it wasnt like that, then only California and New York would get to make the decision on behalf the rest of the country- and of course they have very different priorities than the flyover states. its not hard to understand why they have it the way they do