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
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.
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
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.
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
This was literally my second sentence.
Yeah, I misread that as you trying to sy it doesn’t mean that