Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoI'm just like some ordinary dude upset about what the government is doing. Doesn't anyone with any sort of means or influence care? Where are those guys?message-squaremessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1212arrow-down15
arrow-up1207arrow-down1message-squareI'm just like some ordinary dude upset about what the government is doing. Doesn't anyone with any sort of means or influence care? Where are those guys?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square61fedilink
minus-squarecount_dongulus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoIn this case, it is. The Republican candidate actually won the overall popular vote. Was this because of voter apathy? Probably. But we’re talking about “what the people who cared enough to vote” wanted. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down6·2 months agoLots of people didn’t vote because there was no candidate for them on the ballot. That’s a failure of democracy, not the people
minus-squareletsgo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoBut sometimes you have to pick the least worst option. Or did they genuinely believe Harris would be worse?
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoIn a democracy, you dont have to pick the least worst option. The US needs to fix their elections systems to become a democracy. Blame the elections systems. Focus your energy on fixing that.
In this case, it is. The Republican candidate actually won the overall popular vote. Was this because of voter apathy? Probably. But we’re talking about “what the people who cared enough to vote” wanted.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election
Lots of people didn’t vote because there was no candidate for them on the ballot. That’s a failure of democracy, not the people
But sometimes you have to pick the least worst option. Or did they genuinely believe Harris would be worse?
In a democracy, you dont have to pick the least worst option. The US needs to fix their elections systems to become a democracy.
Blame the elections systems. Focus your energy on fixing that.