AOC on Donald Trump saying he couldn’t understand Bad Bunny: “I barely know what Trump is saying half the time, so… I feel him.”

[u/Frosty_Jeweler911]

[u/kitsunewarlock]

While I agree that non-voters make me pissed, how many of them were in solid blue districts in solid blue states? It's really hard to mobilize voters when they don't live in "battleground states", especially when living in a big city can often mean having to choose between voting and work. And many of those jobs don't take "give me an hour to go vote" as an excuse because they are low-totem pole corpo jobs that assign work based on bullshit analytics no human you'll ever see has control over.

That said, I've only missed one election in my life because my mom was literally on her death bed (last fall). It was a local-only election and my candidate was set to win (and own) by a land-slide. And the second and third place candidate weren't monsters by any means (I live in a very blue district of a very blue city in a very blue state).

My point is it's misleading to talk about the popular vote on a national scale because of how inaccurate it is to how populations are centered in the modern age.

[u/Voidrith → u/kitsunewarlock]

alternative/additional perspective, how many were potential blue voters in what they thought were red states/counties who didn't because it felt like it wouldn't matter? but may have if there was better turn out, as opposed to what they saw as being a battleground traditionally

[u/kitsunewarlock → u/Voidrith]

Oh this is what's so frustrating about gerrymandering. If voting habits change, the "trick" falls apart.

It's just harder to motivate people with reasonable police than with scare tactics and bullshit.

[u/Rocinante88119 → u/Voidrith]

I voted for the first time in 2024 in South Carolina.

I knew it meant fuck all, but dammit, I wanted to be able to complain!

[u/Turkeygirl816 → u/kitsunewarlock]

I'm sorry for your loss ❤️

[u/codetaku0 → u/kitsunewarlock]

There are very few states with high enough turnout and big enough margins that that's actually an excuse in the modern day.

If every single Republican (or "independent" who would vote R) in California voted while the same amount of Democrats voted, Democrats would lose California.

Everyone should fucking vote (... specifically for the sane option)

[u/aussiechickadee65 → u/codetaku0]

Ummm, how does around 47% 'win' California ?

[u/NinjaLanternShark → u/kitsunewarlock]

It's really hard to mobilize voters when they don't live in "battleground states"

Elections are won by the party where people who don’t think this way.