Treczoks@lemmy.world to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoAmericans: Never, EVER question again how Hitler came to power in 1933 Germanymessage-squaremessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up157arrow-down1message-squareAmericans: Never, EVER question again how Hitler came to power in 1933 GermanyTreczoks@lemmy.world to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square120fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoIt’s not though. Voting is not mandatory and voter turnout in the US hovers only around 35-40% of the eligible population, on the high side.
minus-squareSerinus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoThe non-voters are also dumb.
minus-squareSnowclone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoNope, 1/3 of the population never votes. That’s around 100 million people. And neither party has close to 50% of the US population, so it doesn’t come down to a little more than half no matter who wins.
minus-squareAuli@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoAnd the people that don’t vote don’t matter cause they don’t care either way.
minus-squareWes4Humanity@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·6 months agoOr they do care but don’t see enough of a difference between parties to matter which is in power
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It’s not though. Voting is not mandatory and voter turnout in the US hovers only around 35-40% of the eligible population, on the high side.
The non-voters are also dumb.
Nope, 1/3 of the population never votes. That’s around 100 million people. And neither party has close to 50% of the US population, so it doesn’t come down to a little more than half no matter who wins.
And the people that don’t vote don’t matter cause they don’t care either way.
Or they do care but don’t see enough of a difference between parties to matter which is in power