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"We" didn't vote for this (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 weeks ago by irreticent@lemmy.world to c/dataisbeautiful@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/22680392

Thinking of red states vs blue states is busted. Plenty of good visualizations of this over the years, but this election in particular feels really important to point out "We" did not chose this.

When I say we I mean registered US voters, but even less so citizens, and even less so again residents.

Even of the voters who did vote for the GOP candidate, who can say how many really wanted him or his policies vs they just didn't want more of the status quo Dems.

The popular vote tallies in this graphic are out of date too, He definitely didn't win in a landslide the way it can appear with red and blue maps. His win in the popular vote was also pretty small now that more votes have been counted. https://www.thenation.com/.../donald-trump-vote-margin.../

So, what if Biden used broad immunity SCOTUS granted to declare a crisis of democracy - That between massive disinformation campaigns by enemies both foreign and domestic, voter suppression, as well as many other factors, the will of the people can't be discerned from our recent presidential election. That it would be a dereliction of duty both to the people and to his oath to defend the constitution to hand over power to someone whose clear and declared intent is abuse the power of the office to fundamentally reshape or demolish our republic based on this highly suspect and incomplete result (remember, most people didn't even vote)

Here is my off the cuff proposal for what to do after that

A new election, everyone must vote. Trump and Harris on the ballot, but each major party must offer 2 candidates, and we're using Ranked Choice Voting. 1st place gets presidency, 2nd place gets VP.

Biden almost certainly won't do anything like this. He is clearly a coward with a stupid sense of optimism - a "things will be just fine, no need for any drastic measures" ever, mentality, and despite some rhetoric has shown no signs that he thinks there is anything to actually be concerned about from the party which has veered hard towards fascism. But, hey, a guy can dream.

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[–] Masamune@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

How many of the non-voters would vote if online voting was an option? I am sure there are many technical hurdles for online voting, but surely it would increase turnout and is not too far out of the realm of possibility?

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[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago (16 children)

Statistically it doesn’t matter The central limit theorem, would allow for a sample size as small as 500 people randomly distributed to be an accurate representation of a group of trillions, it is a bit more complicated than that since the us is not random but carefully crafted districts, but as long as 50-100 people voted is each district or even the majority of districts then adding more people is just redundant.

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[+] LifeOfChance@lemmy.world -14 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

I have no shame in not voting anymore. There's nothing that's gonna change anyways. Find me someone who can actually change our living conditions and isn't out for themselves. I'm tired of trying to determine who's lying or who's the best of the worst situation. I avoided politics pretty damn well up until 2016. I say this from the very depths of my soul, fuck America. It's full of racist pieces of shit just trying to load their pockets and turning every single one of us citizens against each other.

For those people who say "then leave" hand me the money and I'm gone.

All I want is for people to have food, home, and health but because some how in this country that's been turned into a political statement instead of a way of life. The country can't grow if we don't..

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 1 points 4 weeks ago

There's nothing that's gonna change anyways. Find me someone who can actually change our living conditions

Oh, you're so pessimistic. With Trump in control of the courts, it's soon going to be completely legal (in practice, not in writing) to murder queer people. He's also going to increase coal and oil production and murder millions through droughts and other natural disasters. There's so much that's open to change.

You said you wanted change. Congratulations, you get what you want.

[–] TheKMAP@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 4 weeks ago

Do you vote in primaries, and other, non presidential, elections?

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