dohpaz42 comments on Study: Congress literally doesn’t care what you think. The preferences of the average American appear to have only a miniscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy.

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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 56 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Shit, y’all could’ve saved a ton of time and effort if you’d have just asked me; I’ve been saying this for years. And it’s only worse when you’re the one speck of blue in a red sea.

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

It's one of those things that are obvious to reasonable people but it's nice to have proof for when you run into unreasonable people who deny it.

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[–] _number8_@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

i love getting scolded about voting when even if I personally managed to pull off a miracle and convert one thousand people to vote for biden, it wouldn't make a bit of difference.

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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

jUsT VoTE!!1!!11

As if voting for president makes any difference, when it’s the electoral college who makes the final decision. And they’ve proven in the past that they’ll do what they want.

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