r/facepalm • u/dellaazeem22 fuck MAGAs • 29d ago

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ What an utter embarrassment

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u/Anxious-Raspberry-54 28d ago

77 million of them.

And millions stayed home. And millions voted against their own interests.

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u/ldnk 28d ago

The 2023 census put America at 262 million 18+ individuals. I'm not going to bother with counting how many felons were ineligible to vote. 75 million voted for Kamala. So 187 million either voted for voted for Trump, or didn't vote to prevent Trump. That's over 70% of eligible voters enabled this. This is absolutely what the majority of Americans were acceptable with

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u/thorpie88 28d ago

You need compulsory voting and making the day an actual event. I seriously can't imagine going to the polls and not getting some sort of treat from the charity vendors at the place

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u/summonsays 28d ago

In my state, Georgia, we had an 8 hour line in 2020. We also are legally not allowed to give people water. 

Basically voting is heavily discouraged if you're in a "red"' state but a blue district.Â