Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 天前I'm just like some ordinary dude upset about what the government is doing. Doesn't anyone with any sort of means or influence care? Where are those guys?message-squaremessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down15
arrow-up1180arrow-down1message-squareI'm just like some ordinary dude upset about what the government is doing. Doesn't anyone with any sort of means or influence care? Where are those guys?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 天前message-square56fedilink
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·21 小时前Not what most people* wanted. Thats why the US isnt a democracy
minus-squarecount_dongulus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·21 小时前In this case, it is. The Republican candidate actually won the overall popular vote. Was this because of voter apathy? Probably. But we’re talking about “what the people who cared enough to vote” wanted. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·19 小时前Lots of people didn’t vote because there was no candidate for them on the ballot. That’s a failure of democracy, not the people
minus-squareletsgo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 小时前But sometimes you have to pick the least worst option. Or did they genuinely believe Harris would be worse?
Not what most people* wanted. Thats why the US isnt a democracy
In this case, it is. The Republican candidate actually won the overall popular vote. Was this because of voter apathy? Probably. But we’re talking about “what the people who cared enough to vote” wanted.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election
Lots of people didn’t vote because there was no candidate for them on the ballot. That’s a failure of democracy, not the people
But sometimes you have to pick the least worst option. Or did they genuinely believe Harris would be worse?