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dyauspitr 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Because it seems nigh impossible to actually get the 18-27 crowd to actually go and vote. Doesn’t matter if their life sucks, they just can’t be bothered to go do it. Of course you’ll get people that try and deflect blame and say that “my vote doesn’t really change anything” but these people know it does change things and they still just stay at home on voting day.

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Groxx 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

tbh I think that vote would succeed, if one happened right now. his approval poll results are abysmally bad.

what do you think the vote would be, though? "we don't like him"? last I checked, change.org-petition-style voting didn't have much of an effect on country laws.

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postsantum 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

And some percent will say they deserved it

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pstuart 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Too many are either disinterested in politics because it's ugly, or mad that their assigned candidate betrayed one of their values (e.g., genocide in Gaza). I think a lot of younger people just don't want to be bothered.

	▲	Schmerika 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Being against genocide isn't a "value". It's not idealistic, or naive either. It's a duty. Moral, and legal; domestic and international. Drawing a hard red line at genocide is damn near the very least any human must demand from their leader; perhaps only exceeded by "don't threaten entire civilizations with nuclear weapons". Same with prosecuting rapist insurrectionists, and going after billionaire's child-trafficking/murdering blackmail rings. These are not "nice to haves" - ya simply gotta do it. If you're not "mad" when people fail to do these things, then are you really "interested in politics", or are you simply caught in some kind of us-vs-them death spiral?

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JohnTHaller 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

A good chunk of America watch "news" crafted by right-wing billionaires and think he's doing a bang-up job.

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ModernMech 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Because another ~11% of Americans think the Democrats would be worse.

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01HNNWZ0MV43FF 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

People don't seem really engaged in politics. They find it a frustrating waste of time because the news doesn't bother explaining anything to them, so they don't see the results of elections. They say both sides are the same. They don't take part in local elections. A mix of taught helplessness, learned helplessness, laziness, and the fact that if you're a white guy gas prices might affect you more than foreign wars and death squads

	▲	greenavocado 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Both factions are filled with criminals that hate America (but LOVE Israel) and solely seek to exploit Americans as tax cows and organ donors. I take the third position: I'm a decline enjoyer and prepper.