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[–] DTFpanda@lemmy.world 91 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It continues to amaze me how dumb half of America is.

[–] ConditionOverload@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Truly don't think it's half. It's just the way our elections and voting works. Every the stupid minority has a loud voice when we weigh votes instead of simply going for popular votes overall.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

you can count all the people who don't vote in the stupid category, so actually more than half.

[–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

You need to factor effects from gerrymandering and other forms of vote suppression. I think there’s a lot of wealth trapped in the hands of a few very shitty people, which has allowed them to shape / distort perceptions of just how “popular” their values really are.

[–] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 4 points 1 year ago

With the way American elections are setup, I'm expecting a lot of non voters didn't have had a choice...

[–] ConditionOverload@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Well there's also a lot of people that can't vote because they can't afford to take time off work, especially if they can't mail in their votes.

[–] Bucket_of_Truth@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Remember that a lot of people couldn't vote. Either because of voter registration rolls getting purged or disenfranchisement from a criminal charge.

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

The second best result ever in terms of popular vote was Trump 2020, only behind Biden 2020. So it is close enough to half of America.

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 2 points 1 year ago

I like your optimisms.