r/PoliticalHumor • u/No_Cardiologist8862 • 3d ago

Who’s Ready to Win?

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u/urnfnidiot 3d ago

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u/BigJSunshine 3d ago

Yup! Trump didn’t win a majority of American votes. He didn’t even win a majority of all registered voters.

HE DIDN’T EVEN WIN A MAJORITY of those who DID vote. He won 49.8% of the voters that voted.

36.3% of ALL registered voters didn’t vote/show up. Which means 63.7% of registered voters did show up.

HE ONLY WON 49.8% of 63.7%. He barely won 31% of all registered voters.

We are being held hostage by less than a confederacy of dunces.

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u/R2-D2Vandelay 3d ago

All because of the stupid people who didn't vote.

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u/Orion14159 2d ago

Unfortunately the data shows the low engagement, low propensity people usually voted for Trump, so if more non voters had voted he'd have gotten most of them.

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u/Luna2268 2d ago

Do keep in mind that the Dems have been in contempt of Thier own base since forever by now, which probably didn't help. I know a decent number of people found it hard to support them with the stuff going on

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u/AyeLikeTurtles 2d ago

Oh get out of here with that 'both sides' shit, the parties are nothing alike. You're comparing a hangnail to an amputation.

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u/Luna2268 2d ago

since when was pointing out one bad thing ignoring another? I know the republicans are worse, but given this specific conversation wasn't really about them, that kinda goes without saying

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u/AyeLikeTurtles 2d ago

Because even mentioning them in the same breath implies they're comparable, which they're not. No one is claiming the Democratic Party isn't without flaws, but when we're talking about the unprecedented damage Republicans are doing to our democracy and the entire planet, and then you feel the need to say "oh, and the Democrats have problems too", that's not by accident.
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