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AndyS

(14,559 posts)
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 06:15 PM Nov 2022

Turnout was down. There was no discernable difference in

R v D, men v women or yonger vote compared to the last two cycles.

Ya' know what? If ya' don't get off yer ass and vote you get the government you deserve.

What pisses me off is that I get the government you deserve.

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Turnout was down. There was no discernable difference in (Original Post) AndyS Nov 2022 OP
I will never understand oldtime dfl_er Nov 2022 #1
I don't think that is a great selling point TheRealNorth Nov 2022 #3
I don't disagree oldtime dfl_er Nov 2022 #6
There is a good fraction of the population that are totally oblivious The_Casual_Observer Nov 2022 #2
Wish we had a well-funded counter-propaganda system here summer_in_TX Nov 2022 #4
You make good points! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2022 #5

oldtime dfl_er

(6,979 posts)
1. I will never understand
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 06:21 PM
Nov 2022

how people are so lackadaisical about voting. I've never missed an election. I remember standing in line for two hours to vote for Bill Clinton and I was thrilled THRILLED to do it. Same with Obama. Now my state has mail in voting and I miss going to the polls. Anyway Im very sorry for you.

TheRealNorth

(9,629 posts)
3. I don't think that is a great selling point
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 06:28 PM
Nov 2022

People (especially POC and other Democratic constituencies) have had to wait in long lines for several election cycles now. This is something we need to address and let people know that, because nobody wants to wait in line for hours, especially if you don't have strong feelings for any of the candidates and are just voting against the other side.

 

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)
2. There is a good fraction of the population that are totally oblivious
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 06:21 PM
Nov 2022

About all of this, they don't know and they don't care.

summer_in_TX

(3,166 posts)
4. Wish we had a well-funded counter-propaganda system here
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 06:32 PM
Nov 2022

starting in the rural areas so they get other points of view. Providing some media literacy, helping them learn how badly the commercials about Beto and other Dems lied to them. Show them the truth now, maybe they won't be so susceptible next time.

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