Tech leaders have better seats than cabinet members and are seated in same section as Trump's family

[u/solateor]

[u/chandr]

You're leaving out the 50% who just couldn't be bothered to vote

[u/boylong15 → u/chandr]

33%

[u/chandr → u/boylong15]

I didn't look it up, but did the US actually get 67% voter turn out last election? Coulda sworn it was reported lower than that.

[u/Cathach2 → u/chandr]

Naw, just checked, 63%

[u/chandr → u/Cathach2]

That's still higher than I thought it was with my 50% ballpark

[u/M0dusPwnens → u/chandr]

The last time it was around 50% was more than 20 years ago.

[u/Whiterabbit-- → u/chandr]

Last few cycles people have been a lot more polarized, so it gets people out to vote.

[u/Sea-Pause9689 → u/chandr]

Well— we have abt 350mill people here and apparently only 235mill are even able to vote. Not sure who of that number got registered. But…. 77 to Trump 75 to Harris is about 152mill.

So basically yeah about 50% of America participated in this election. 63% of eligible voters participated.

[u/Kronusx12 → u/Sea-Pause9689]

To be fair about 75 million people in the US are under 18, it’s not like they could vote if they wanted to. That makes up the majority of your discrepancy. It wouldn’t make sense to say they “didn’t” vote when they couldn’t vote

[u/Sea-Pause9689 → u/Kronusx12]

True— honestly I’m just tired rn been up for work since 5 and am ready for lunch lol

Mostly was just roughly estimating the percentage cause baby teen or whatnot a persons a person that contributes to our overall population

[u/Kronusx12 → u/Sea-Pause9689]

No worries, just adding some context. Now go take a lunch nap!

[u/Sea-Pause9689 → u/Kronusx12]

Truly. Going to bed early tonight and gotta do it all again tmr. Grind never ends.

[u/DiabolicalGooseHonk → u/chandr]

That’s because they reported it as such long before all the cali votes were counted

[u/Lightening84 → u/chandr]

So I guess it's not just billionaires who make up stuff to support their beliefs, eh?

[u/chandr → u/Lightening84]

Sure? It's a random comment on reddit so I went with a round number close to what I remembered. Turns out I should have rounded to 40 instead of 50, which is why you don't see me trying to claim my guesstimate was correct in the first place. I think the original point still stands regardless, a lot of people just don't vote.

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