• pulsey@feddit.org
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    1 day ago

    Believe me, the bulk of the U.S. population supports you in throwing the middle finger to Trump, and to making consequences happen for doing dumb shit.

    For me, that’s hard to believe after the majority of US citizen voted for this clown, even though they knew exactly what they would get.

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      1 day ago

      Voter turnout was roughly 64.1% and out of those, 49.8% voted for Trump, bringing the total to about 32% of eligible voters. While one can absolutely make the argument that abstaining from voting implicitly supported Trump as Republicans typically fare better in low-turnout elections, it’s not exactly factual to say that the majority of citizens voted for him

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        1 day ago

        It really isn’t accurate at all to say the majority voted for Trump, I am not trying to defend the choice not to vote, but a bunch of not voting is not the same as a bunch of people voting, it is a very simple self evident fact if what you are concerned with is identifying what most people want.

        If the overwhelming majority of USians voted for Trump, we would be in a even more terrifying place than we are.

      • MaggiWuerze@feddit.org
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        23 hours ago

        If a third of your population can’t be bothered to vote against him, I see them in support of him.

        Voting is a privilege but also a duty