After seeing what Trump has done and will do, I don’t think the majority like what’s happening. Sucks that they didn’t vote though, which might not be their fault since voter suppression is a thing
A better way to put it is that a large enough fraction of voters chose this to make their seizure of power somewhat plausible. Even by the official numbers, trump didn’t get 50% of the vote and nowhere near 50% of eligible voters. And that’s with all the acknowledged and undebatable fuckery like gerrymandering and voter suppression that went on, even if they didn’t actually rig the election in any way - something that of course they would never do because they have a principled faith in democracy.
Yes it’s by far not optimal, and more of a damage control, but people deliberately chose (more) damage. Also if progressive politics were more popular, the dems would be more forced to submit to the voters will…
It is so obviously as of late that they hate us and think we are stupid.
But are they wrong about people being stupid? The majority of voters did choose this.
The majority of voters did not vote for this.
It’s more like 1/3rd, or a minority.
After seeing what Trump has done and will do, I don’t think the majority like what’s happening. Sucks that they didn’t vote though, which might not be their fault since voter suppression is a thing
He only won a plurality. The majority of voters chose someone else.
What lack of class consciousness does to a mother fucker.
I would like to see firm proof that the majority did choose this.
The majority didn’t. I crunched the numbers under this post.
R’s garnered some ~32% of the eligible vote, while D’s got ~31% and I’s ~1%. The other ~36% of eligible voters didn’t vote.
So it’s more like 1/3rd of the US electorate voted for this, far from the majority. You’re correct.
A better way to put it is that a large enough fraction of voters chose this to make their seizure of power somewhat plausible. Even by the official numbers, trump didn’t get 50% of the vote and nowhere near 50% of eligible voters. And that’s with all the acknowledged and undebatable fuckery like gerrymandering and voter suppression that went on, even if they didn’t actually rig the election in any way - something that of course they would never do because they have a principled faith in democracy.
elections are less of a way to voice our opinion and more of a pop quiz for the elite to see what they can get away with
Yes it’s by far not optimal, and more of a damage control, but people deliberately chose (more) damage. Also if progressive politics were more popular, the dems would be more forced to submit to the voters will…
except that the donvict said he was gonna do all this before he did all this. and they still voted for him.
yeah they failed the pop quiz