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Why would you bother turning out to vote for a candidate you never voted to be a candidate?What do you think caused such a sharp drop in the numbers of people voting for the democratic presidential ticket?
This and frustration that no administration can affect the economy in any real way. Voters just ping pong between parties hoping that something will be different this time.Personally I think it's at least partially because people have forgotten the chaos of Trump's first term.
Good thing they're about to get a 4 year refresher course.
That was frustrating, considering that Harris had been at the bottom of the stack during the primary race. As I've said in these forums before, Biden was the last on my list because of his age, but Harris was only slightly above that. Biden's choice of Harris as VP was pure pandering...and now I realize he was pandering to the intersection of Critical Race Theory and Radical Feminism, both based on Marx-derived Critical Theory.Why would you bother turning out to vote for a candidate you never voted to be a candidate?
Because it was world wide. If it is world wide then it is hard to credit that a local piece of legislation caused the issue. Most especially since we recovered before anyone else did. Can you explain this apparent discrepancy?Why? The whole world enacted ineffective, draconian COVID measures that resulted in worldwide inflation. TONS of money was artificially pumped into the economy. Jobs were lost. The supply chain was decimated. This all happened as a result of the overreaching response to COVID.
Perhaps because the Democratic leadership chose to oust their candidate at the last minute and appoint one of the most disregarded, lowest rated Vice Presidents in history?What do you think caused such a sharp drop in the numbers of people voting for the democratic presidential ticket?
(I'm sure this is the exact question that DNC members are asking themselves right now)
“Every single year, people say, ‘This is the most important election ever,’ right? Well, they actually polled this: the most important election of my lifetime. Back in 2020, look at the 74 percent of registered voters said that—yes—it was the most important election of their lifetime. This time around, it’s actually less. It’s 65 percent,” Enten said. Harris vs. Trump: Here’s why voter turnout could drop in 20242004 John Kerry: 59M
2008 Obama: 69.5M
2012 Obama: 65.9M
2016 Clinton: 65.8M
2020 Biden: 81.3M
2024 Harris: 67.2M
(Source: Wikipedia)
Noting: Trump's numbers stayed the same between the last two elections...in the neighborhood of 72-73 million.
Obviously Trump picked up some voters in demographics that weren't expected, and the overall voter turnout percentages aren't in yet for this most recent one.
But if you take the officially reported numbers at face value, that would mean that a lot of Biden voters from 2020 declined to vote for a president this time (to the tune of over 10 million of them).
To be clear, I'm not wanting this to turn into a conspiracy theory thread about the 2020 election or theories about "secret powers inflating the Biden numbers"...I don't want this thread to get moved to the conspiracy theory section where nobody will see it.
And in the interest of disclosure, I'm one of that 10 million that declined to vote for a president this time around, so we do exist.
What do you think caused such a sharp drop in the numbers of people voting for the democratic presidential ticket?
(I'm sure this is the exact question that DNC members are asking themselves right now)
What chaos?Personally I think it's at least partially because people have forgotten the chaos of Trump's first term.
Good thing they're about to get a 4 year refresher course.
It‘s selective memory filtered with rose colored lenses.Forgotten it too, hmm?
The violent riots on his inauguration day -What chaos?
There was 4 years of endless, pointless and finally, discredited investigations, hearings and impeachments.Personally I think it's at least partially because people have forgotten the chaos of Trump's first term.
Good thing they're about to get a 4 year refresher course.
I have yet to hear your answer.Forgotten it too, hmm?
It is an answer not given.It‘s selective memory filtered with rose colored lenses.
None of which caused by Trump.The violent riots on his inauguration day -
The nightly attacks on Federal Buildings, including improvised explosive devices
The people who were killed during the summer of love.
The destruction of minority owned buildings and businesses
ANTIFA - and their violent protests
The 'fiery" but mostly peaceful protest that burnt down sections of a city
Black Lives Matter protest that turned violent often.
That Chaos - all in protest of the President.
It's pretty pointless anyway, since Trump can't have a third term. Although is on record for stating that he desires one.There was 4 years of endless, pointless and finally, discredited investigations, hearings and impeachments.
Anything to "get Trump"
We can only hope the Democrats don't plan another refresher course on that chaos.
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