DuckWrangler9000@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoThe fact that this is a real image is infuriatinglemmy.worldimagemessage-square716fedilinkarrow-up12.42Karrow-down162file-textcross-posted to: canada@lemmy.ca
arrow-up12.36Karrow-down1imageThe fact that this is a real image is infuriatinglemmy.worldDuckWrangler9000@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square716fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: canada@lemmy.ca
minus-squaresplinter@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·18 hours agoThis a good reminder that not voting is also a political position. I think your math is a little bit off though. There were ~244 million eligible voters in 2024. 75,017,613 voted for Harris*, which gives us ~169 million that allowed this to happen. *The only other viable candidate, like it or not.
minus-squareSyrc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·18 hours agoWhoops, fixed. My keyboard somehow gave the blame to non-eligible voters too.
minus-squaresplinter@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·16 hours agoMaybe we shouldn’t be letting them off so easy.
minus-squareendeavor@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoIts everyones job to educate but us politics is “if you aint us youre one of them”.
This a good reminder that not voting is also a political position.
I think your math is a little bit off though.
There were ~244 million eligible voters in 2024. 75,017,613 voted for Harris*, which gives us ~169 million that allowed this to happen.
*The only other viable candidate, like it or not.
Whoops, fixed. My keyboard somehow gave the blame to non-eligible voters too.
Maybe we shouldn’t be letting them off so easy.
Its everyones job to educate but us politics is “if you aint us youre one of them”.