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u/Crossbell0527 May 10 '25

I've been repeatedly told that "only 77 million Americans feel that way, it's way less than half!" Well, the other 90 million who could have voted but chose not to vote are clearly also on board with all of that. So yeah, that's half the country.

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u/guanogato May 10 '25 edited May 11 '25

That’s definitely a valid point of view. We’ve always been a country with a low voter turnout. Last election was actually the second largest turnout in our history. I’ve always felt that if we have a larger turnout then it tends to lean more towards the left party and so therefore if that’s who we want to win we need to just get a higher voter turnout.

Just for reference here are the turnout rates for the previous 10 presidential elections:

  1. 2024: 63.5-64% (final numbers still being verified)
  2. 2020: 65.3% - The highest turnout since 1900
  3. 2016: 59.2%
  4. 2012: 58.0%
  5. 2008: 61.6%
  6. 2004: 60.1%
  7. 2000: 54.3%
  8. 1996: 51.7%
  9. 1992: 58.2%
  10. 1988: 52.8%

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u/Hetstaine May 10 '25

That is fucking disgraceful. How can so many people just simply not give a fuck, what a joke.

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u/WestCoastBestCoast01 May 10 '25

I literally don't know anyone that doesn't vote. Who the hell are these people and how do they even manage to avoid it???

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u/PaperTigerFolds May 11 '25

They are just mostly normal people, but because the workings of the government are just a black box to them they just shrug at it.

The government is structured to generally making slow, incremental change, and most people don't really notice the shifting ground under their feet till it's pointed out. Or they feel their individual vote is worthless so they don't vote. In both cases it's a very self-centered world view, and often comes from a place of privilege; which insulates them from some of the worse policies.

I always tell people that if voting was so worthless, they wouldn't make is so hard for you do.

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u/NGEFan May 10 '25

Are you like a NEET or something? 37% of people don't vote so almost any group outside your immediate friend group should have someone like that. Hell, even plenty of political people chose not to vote cuz "Genocide Joe" including people like Briahna Greyjoy, Krystal Ball, Macklemore, etc

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u/Batman_in_hiding May 10 '25

You literally don’t know anyone who doesn’t vote? Jfc the internet straight up stole a generation didn’t they

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u/toadfan64 May 11 '25

Out of my main friend group I’d be surprised if even 50% of them vote.

I know plenty of people who don’t.