▲ 715 ▼ Ron DeSantis Proposes Unprovoked War on Mexico (prospect.org) submitted 3 years ago by tintory@lemm.ee to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 511 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] DTFpanda@lemmy.world 92 points 3 years ago (2 children) It continues to amaze me how dumb half of America is. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ConditionOverload@lemmy.world 47 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 24 points 3 years ago* (4 children) you can count all the people who don't vote in the stupid category, so actually more than half. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 4 points 3 years ago With the way American elections are setup, I'm expecting a lot of non voters didn't have had a choice... permalink fedilink source parent [–] ConditionOverload@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Bucket_of_Truth@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago Remember that a lot of people couldn't vote. Either because of voter registration rolls getting purged or disenfranchisement from a criminal charge. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ExLisper@linux.community 2 points 3 years ago I like your optimisms. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ConditionOverload@lemmy.world 47 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 24 points 3 years ago* (4 children) you can count all the people who don't vote in the stupid category, so actually more than half. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 4 points 3 years ago With the way American elections are setup, I'm expecting a lot of non voters didn't have had a choice... permalink fedilink source parent [–] ConditionOverload@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Bucket_of_Truth@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago Remember that a lot of people couldn't vote. Either because of voter registration rolls getting purged or disenfranchisement from a criminal charge. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 24 points 3 years ago* (4 children) you can count all the people who don't vote in the stupid category, so actually more than half. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 4 points 3 years ago With the way American elections are setup, I'm expecting a lot of non voters didn't have had a choice... permalink fedilink source parent [–] ConditionOverload@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Bucket_of_Truth@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago Remember that a lot of people couldn't vote. Either because of voter registration rolls getting purged or disenfranchisement from a criminal charge. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 4 points 3 years ago With the way American elections are setup, I'm expecting a lot of non voters didn't have had a choice... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ConditionOverload@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bucket_of_Truth@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago Remember that a lot of people couldn't vote. Either because of voter registration rolls getting purged or disenfranchisement from a criminal charge. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ExLisper@linux.community 2 points 3 years ago I like your optimisms. permalink fedilink source parent