▲ 416 ▼ Alaskans greet Putin with Ukrainian flags, protest ‘war criminal hanging out here’ (www.politico.eu) submitted 1 year ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 51 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 1 year ago (1 child) There were 140k people who did not vote for Trump in Alaska That is not a lot of people... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 year ago (1 child) Thats a 5th of Alaskas population. Considering a 63% voter turn out thats 30% of all voters. So yeah a pretty sizeable chunk but nowhere near enough. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Seleni@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children) Which means 4/5ths voted for him. So the majority wanted this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] scoobydoo27@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago How many of those 700k are under the age of 18 and can’t vote? Only 180k voted for trump also, it’s not like it’s some huge majority of voters over who voted for Kamala. permalink fedilink source parent [–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago* Well no it would be 3.5/5ths but yes a majority none the less. So are you saying people shouldnt protest, because they were overruled by a stupid majority? permalink fedilink source parent [–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago Yes but the people protesting may be the ones who didn't vote for this permalink fedilink source parent
[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 year ago (1 child) Thats a 5th of Alaskas population. Considering a 63% voter turn out thats 30% of all voters. So yeah a pretty sizeable chunk but nowhere near enough. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Seleni@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children) Which means 4/5ths voted for him. So the majority wanted this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] scoobydoo27@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago How many of those 700k are under the age of 18 and can’t vote? Only 180k voted for trump also, it’s not like it’s some huge majority of voters over who voted for Kamala. permalink fedilink source parent [–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago* Well no it would be 3.5/5ths but yes a majority none the less. So are you saying people shouldnt protest, because they were overruled by a stupid majority? permalink fedilink source parent [–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago Yes but the people protesting may be the ones who didn't vote for this permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children) Which means 4/5ths voted for him. So the majority wanted this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] scoobydoo27@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago How many of those 700k are under the age of 18 and can’t vote? Only 180k voted for trump also, it’s not like it’s some huge majority of voters over who voted for Kamala. permalink fedilink source parent [–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago* Well no it would be 3.5/5ths but yes a majority none the less. So are you saying people shouldnt protest, because they were overruled by a stupid majority? permalink fedilink source parent [–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago Yes but the people protesting may be the ones who didn't vote for this permalink fedilink source parent
[–] scoobydoo27@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago How many of those 700k are under the age of 18 and can’t vote? Only 180k voted for trump also, it’s not like it’s some huge majority of voters over who voted for Kamala. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago* Well no it would be 3.5/5ths but yes a majority none the less. So are you saying people shouldnt protest, because they were overruled by a stupid majority? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago Yes but the people protesting may be the ones who didn't vote for this permalink fedilink source parent