• Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz
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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.

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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