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Just vote to change things. (lemmy.ml)

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[–] fort_burp@feddit.nl 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Some of the dumber white libs I've talked to honestly believe 51% of American voters voted for Trump 🤣

They don't know what voting does or how it works but they're sure it's the only reasonable solution!

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's funny how almost 20 million people less than in 2020 voted this time around (most of the missing voters being on the dem side too); people are beginning to realize we don't really have a say

[–] fort_burp@feddit.nl 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

And it seems like a lot of Americans don't understand FPTP or the Electoral College, or even the amount of voter suppression there is. Your vote only counts (and only maybe) if you live in a swing state. The votes in rural areas count for way more than in urban ones but those are already captured by R. Let's not even get into the other branches of government:

Landholders ought to have a share in the government, to support these invaluable interests, and to balance and check the other. They ought to be so constituted as to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority. The senate, therefore, ought to be this body; and to answer these purposes, they ought to have permanency and stability.

James Madison