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minus-squaresplinter@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·19 hours agoThis a good reminder that not voting is also a political position. I think your math is a little bit off though. There were ~244 million eligible voters in 2024. 75,017,613 voted for Harris*, which gives us ~169 million that allowed this to happen. *The only other viable candidate, like it or not.
minus-squareSyrc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·19 hours agoWhoops, fixed. My keyboard somehow gave the blame to non-eligible voters too.
minus-squaresplinter@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·17 hours agoMaybe we shouldn’t be letting them off so easy.
minus-squareendeavor@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoIts everyones job to educate but us politics is “if you aint us youre one of them”.
This a good reminder that not voting is also a political position.
I think your math is a little bit off though.
There were ~244 million eligible voters in 2024. 75,017,613 voted for Harris*, which gives us ~169 million that allowed this to happen.
*The only other viable candidate, like it or not.
Whoops, fixed. My keyboard somehow gave the blame to non-eligible voters too.
Maybe we shouldn’t be letting them off so easy.
Its everyones job to educate but us politics is “if you aint us youre one of them”.