• AidsKitty@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    The really shocking stat is the growing number of eligible voters who have just stopped voting or participating in the system at all. When you look at the #1 reason why it is “no matter who wins my life doesn’t get better and no candidate represents me”. We have a quasi functional democracy at this point.

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      5 hours ago

      I mean, ~30 non-voting is, historically, really good

      Things have been smooth enough in the last 80 years that people just don’t think they need to.

      They’re wrong, of course. But this is a high-turnout election.

      GOTV (Get Out The Vote) is always the actual part of elections. It’s also why the republiQans have focused so much on destroying that part.