Democrats are complicit in this too. They refuse to engage with viable alternatives so they allow this to happen so that when the country is in crisis they can step in and offer nothing but level heads. Until people get upset again then they step back into the shadows to allow Republicans to do their fearmongering.
A majority of eligible people did vote, unless I’m reading things wrong. Don’t get me wrong turnout did suck and it’s a disgrace imo but a slim majority is still a majority
Now you can change the argument to something easier like eligible people and then have your safe little conversation about small percentages and whatever nuance you feel makes you more correct. Doesn’t change the fact that less than half the people in this country voted.
In the link you sent it says 36% of eligible voters did not vote, which is not a majority. The “did not vote winning the election” is a different stat than “majority did/didn’t vote”
Sorry, you’re right. I didn’t see “majority” in your comment, I’ll edit mine. Technically, a majority of people voted, but 90 million people did not. More than voters of either party, but not combined.
This makes sense. But yeah semantics aside, over a third not voting is terrible regardless. When I was young I didn’t understand the people pushing to vote but now I’m older… I get it. Seeing so many people not care, or suppressed and not getting votes in, it’s disheartening to say the least. We really dropped the ball, down a hill, into a manure lagoon
Technically more eligible registered voters did vote that didn’t, but it really doesn’t tell the whole story. 77 million voted for Trump. 75 million votes for Harris. Just under three million voted for a third party candidate of some kind. 90 million didn’t vote but were registered to vote.
We also don’t know the number of potentially eligible but not registered people there are.
The US has an estimated 340 million population. An estimated 260 million are adults.
It’s easy to see why people say ~30% of the country is deciding our fate.
Maybe the majority of Americans should have voted.
Didn’t you hear? Neither Democratic candidate was exciting enough, so people are off the hook for staying home… Damn you, Democrats!!!
It’s the politicians job to get votes.
Democrats are complicit in this too. They refuse to engage with viable alternatives so they allow this to happen so that when the country is in crisis they can step in and offer nothing but level heads. Until people get upset again then they step back into the shadows to allow Republicans to do their fearmongering.
A majority of eligible people did vote, unless I’m reading things wrong. Don’t get me wrong turnout did suck and it’s a disgrace imo but a slim majority is still a majority
160 mil people voted. US has 340+ mil.
Now you can change the argument to something easier like eligible people and then have your safe little conversation about small percentages and whatever nuance you feel makes you more correct. Doesn’t change the fact that less than half the people in this country voted.
EDIT: Sorry, I didn’t see “majority”. A majority of people did vote, but not more than the eligible people that stayed home per party.
I really don’t know why this is still the misconception, but no: approximately 90 million eligible people did not vote.
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2024-11-15/how-many-people-didnt-vote-in-the-2024-election
If “Did Not Vote” was a candidate, it would have easily won:
In the link you sent it says 36% of eligible voters did not vote, which is not a majority. The “did not vote winning the election” is a different stat than “majority did/didn’t vote”
Sorry, you’re right. I didn’t see “majority” in your comment, I’ll edit mine. Technically, a majority of people voted, but 90 million people did not. More than voters of either party, but not combined.
This makes sense. But yeah semantics aside, over a third not voting is terrible regardless. When I was young I didn’t understand the people pushing to vote but now I’m older… I get it. Seeing so many people not care, or suppressed and not getting votes in, it’s disheartening to say the least. We really dropped the ball, down a hill, into a manure lagoon
How many of these states never flip though? I know at least three that are safely blue so of course not everyone voted.
Have you considered that maybe some of them “never flip” because people don’t vote?
Technically more eligible registered voters did vote that didn’t, but it really doesn’t tell the whole story. 77 million voted for Trump. 75 million votes for Harris. Just under three million voted for a third party candidate of some kind. 90 million didn’t vote but were registered to vote.
We also don’t know the number of potentially eligible but not registered people there are.
The US has an estimated 340 million population. An estimated 260 million are adults.
It’s easy to see why people say ~30% of the country is deciding our fate.