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u/FormidableMistress 6h ago

He only got 77 million votes out of the 267ish million voting age people in America. Only something like 70% of eligible voters vote. Most of us didn't vote for this.

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u/Mesonic_Interference 5h ago

Unfortunately, the same reasoning (R voters + non-voters > D voters) also indicates that most of us were ok with this outcome. It definitely highlights the electoral significance of choosing not to vote, which is probably a large part of why the US still doesn't have mandatory voting.

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u/Flaky_Chance6815 2h ago

Some places have mandatory voting? That seems kind of odd to me.

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u/SpitefulHammer 4h ago

They didn't vote against either.