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Linda Weide's avatar

And 93 million eligible did not vote. While I know some were disenfranchised in various ways, some of the millennial men I know feel well off enough that they were not compelled to vote and did not, and do not. Will this be the election to shake their belief in thinking they will be just fine?

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Tully's avatar

Yes, it wouldn't have taken that many more to put Harris over the top. 1/3 of the population didn't vote, yet Trump did not even make it over 50% of the ones that did. Don't know who the third party voters would have voted for if we hadn't had other idiots on the ballot - JFK the junior, Green Party woman farce, etc. Honestly, though, it's the voter intimidation and gerrymandering that has to be dealt with at some point if we ever get full Democratic control again.

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Mary Beth Gapinski's avatar

There were several younger acquaintances who IтАЩd call soft Democrats who voted 3rd party to mark their disapproval of the Gaza handling. It was mentioned many times of the dangers of voting 3rd party, especially with trump as a candidate. One whiner in particular said that he considered it тАЬemotional abuseтАЭ to be тАЬharassedтАЭ on his тАЬnoтАЭ vote for Kamala/Walz. I so wanted to give him a real reason to whine.

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Tully's avatar

When people get so wrapped up in only one issue that they'll cut off their nose to spite their face, the leopards smell blood and come roaring in!

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Susan Niemann's avatar

Why cant these folks see the bigger picture?! A third party vote didn't do anything but help Dump. ЁЯджтАНтЩАя╕П

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Mary Beth Gapinski's avatar

Tried to tell them that several times but there was always a criticism about Democrats. Well duh, thatтАЩs valid but compare that to trump and the Dems issues look imminently solvable. But they voted for Jill Stein (ugh) or RFK Jr. (WT actual F!?) I ended up thankful several of them werenтАЩt FB friends of mine and those that were were unfollowed for 30 days.

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Susan Niemann's avatar

All this both sides shit is getting old. Of course Democrats have their issues...but let's see....maintaining democracy versus caving to a dictator?Thats not choice. All the foreign policy experts that crawled out of the woodwork over Israel was almost laughable. Now, those people get to watch gramma struggle to pay for her prescriptions...among many other things. People are so short sighted and damned dumb.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

Too much Russian propaganda pumping them up, making them feel righteous, Gaza was a clusterfuck and horrible, but they fell for the way to make it worse, depending on others to counter their foolishness and save them from the consequences of their own actions.

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Marycat2021's avatar

More importantly, Trump will be even worse than Biden when it comes to Palestine.

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Tully's avatar

Replying to self to correct typo to RFK the Junior, not the honorable JFK Jr.

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Marycat2021's avatar

JFK Jr. happens to be dead, so I doubt he got many votes. And didn't "Green Party woman farce" Jill Stein endorse Trump?

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Tully's avatar

Sorry, typo, it's RFK the Junior. And, yes, Stein endorsed Trump but she was on the ballot in quite a few states with a lot of the Greens not recognizing her change over. Although I think she had converted to a fascism position the first Trump go-around with that picture of her with Putin in Russia with the MAGAs. Just like RFK and Tulsi Gabbard. They change their positions on a whim for the donations and attention. Stein's lived on campaign donations for quite a while. They all fit with the weird conspiracist and fantasizing type brains of so many of the MAGA.

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Gayna's avatar

Not if theyтАЩre white

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Linda Weide's avatar

They are White and White-Mexican. Their wives and girlfriends voted.

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Patricia Williamson's avatar

Some voted for a 3rd party candidate. I blame them for not voting for Harris.

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Suzn Sez's avatar

White males always end up doing fine. It's the rest of us who end up with a boot (or a wingtip) on our necks.

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