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submitted 2 weeks ago by Zaktor@sopuli.xyz to c/politics@lemmy.world

Harris only received five percent of Republican votes — less than the six percent Joe Biden won in 2020 when he beat Trump, as well as the seven percent won by Hillary Clinton in 2016 when she lost to him. While Harris won independents and moderates, she did so by smaller margins than Biden did in 2020.

Meanwhile, Harris lost households earning under $100,000, while Democratic turnout collapsed. Votes are still being counted, but Harris is on pace to underperform Biden’s 2020 totals by millions of votes.

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[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Half the country is white people who aren't going to have a meaningfully different life experience under Trump. Saying "they have to" do anything is vastly over estimating how much they care. They believe both sides are just as bad and if they're political at all they only trust the lowest politicians they can personally interact with.

You are expecting a level of political education and activation that just isn't there.

[-] ClamDrinker@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'm not expecting anything, And I never said they had to do anything. Who would be expecting any kind of logical reasoning from US voters after this result. I said "If you want to" = "In order to get a desirable outcome, this is potentially the only way to do so.", not "Everyone must do this because I say so"

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

You don't have to use the imperative tone to set up an imperative. You clearly lay out two choices, forgetting there's always a third.

[-] ClamDrinker@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Stop trying to force your interpretation on my words, it's not what I said, period. I'm not limiting my scope to two choices. The US constitution does that for the matter of what party is in office. There are very obvious other choices, and most of them call for massive human suffering like civil war or political violence, which I'm not going to iterate on for obvious reasons. Nowhere do I deny the existence of those choices, I'm just presenting the obvious conclusion of trying to change the system in a peaceful manner.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Except you do.

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