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[–] toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (60 children)

Surely this means we just aren't voting hard enough

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (58 children)

90 million people didn’t vote at all. Trump won with 77 million votes. 13 million more people did nothing, than all of the people that voted for Trump.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So, not any different from any other presidential election in the USA?

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There were 3 million fewer voters than in 2020. This was the most advertised election in US history, and more people sat out.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 13 points 1 week ago (53 children)

"Didn't vote" always beats out the votes for either candidate, though. A small downward shift in the numbers is probably the fault of Democrats dividing their own base by endorsing genocide.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think in biden's first election the "didn't vote" category was beaten.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 1 points 1 week ago

You could very well be right. My memory is like a sieve sometimes. XD

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