▲ 624 ▼ 'Stand your butt up': Fistfight nearly breaks out during Senate hearing until Bernie Sanders steps in (www.nbcnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by Salamendacious@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 187 comments fedilink hide all child comments Sen. Markwayne Mullin, a former MMA fighter, had challenged the president of the Teamsters union, Sean O'Brien, but Sanders shut them both down.
[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world [S] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) In the last congressional election voter turnout was 46%. The last time a midterm was higher than 50% was in the 1910s. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ABCDE@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago (2 children) You said people won't vote, you can't pick and choose when they do vote in higher numbers than you're saying in presidential elections. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago Last time I checked, senator Markwayne Mullin was not voted in as president. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world [S] 3 points 2 years ago So I didn't make the comment that you initially replied to. I was only offering some data that showed there are a lot of national elections where voter turnout was less than half. It's true that presidential elections have a higher turnout than midterm but all of the house and ⅓ of the Senate are voted on in every midterm. They're incredibly important and it's a fact that less than half of eligible Americans turn out for those elections. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago (2 children) You said people won't vote, you can't pick and choose when they do vote in higher numbers than you're saying in presidential elections. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago Last time I checked, senator Markwayne Mullin was not voted in as president. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world [S] 3 points 2 years ago So I didn't make the comment that you initially replied to. I was only offering some data that showed there are a lot of national elections where voter turnout was less than half. It's true that presidential elections have a higher turnout than midterm but all of the house and ⅓ of the Senate are voted on in every midterm. They're incredibly important and it's a fact that less than half of eligible Americans turn out for those elections. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago Last time I checked, senator Markwayne Mullin was not voted in as president. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world [S] 3 points 2 years ago So I didn't make the comment that you initially replied to. I was only offering some data that showed there are a lot of national elections where voter turnout was less than half. It's true that presidential elections have a higher turnout than midterm but all of the house and ⅓ of the Senate are voted on in every midterm. They're incredibly important and it's a fact that less than half of eligible Americans turn out for those elections. permalink fedilink source parent