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leftstreet

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18. Results don't include half the voters

Reply to Boo1 (Reply #17)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 01:35 PM

3 hrs ago

Almost half the eligible voters in the US don't vote. Whether not registered, stopped voting, or just don't give a shit either way.

So we can't say it is/isn't about policy until "socialist" policies are on offer.

Looking at Platner, he apparently got the most D primary voters in ME history, and his platform was very anti-ruling class

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