we live in a country that is being ruled for 35% of the population.

[spanone]

the rest of us can go fuck ourselves.

[cilla4progress]

1. Absolutely

it boggles the mind.

Shame on US for allowing it!

[brooklynite]

2. Fortunately for Trump, the other 65% can't figure out a way to get behind an alternative candidate

[Raster]

3. IMHO, it's less than 35%...

...the HARD CORE tRump*s base is approximately 26% of the electorate. Everything he says and does is designed to play to that base.

[Phoenix61]

4. Sadly, the 35% seems to be the worst of us nt

[alarimer]

5. Almost half of eligible voters DO NOT VOTE.

That makes a huge difference.

[Wounded Bear]

6. Therein lies the core problem...

we need to get people to the polls.

[Willie Pep]

9. Yes and Republicans tend to vote like clockwork.

I know it is just anecdotal data but my Republican friends and family members go to the polls and vote Republican even if they don't like the candidates the GOP has put up. I can't say the same for my Democratic friends who sometimes sit out elections or vote third party as a few of them did in 2016 because they didn't like Hillary or think she was progressive enough.

Most non-voters fit the profile of people who should be voting Democratic. They are more likely to be young, poor or working-class and non-white so it is a travesty that we don't get more of these folks out to vote.

[beachbum bob]

7. elections have consequences I am afraid to say again

the faults lies squarely on OUR shoulders

[Locrian]

8. more like 1%

and 34% trump suckers that don't realize they're being conned

[0rganism]

10. this country coddled and incubated that 35% until they were sufficiently cohesive to seize power

we're seeing the developments and fruits of 40 years of extremely not-serious responses to fascism, racism, and sexism in our midst, laying groundwork for the absolute failure of our democracy. i hope people wiser than i can see through the veneers and shadow plays in the body politic to locate the true causal factors so they can be re-examined and (i hope) neutered before they cause even more irreparable harm to what remains of our nation.

[kairos12]

11. That's about it. The scariest thing is because of the Electoral College

if the election was held today Drumpt would win again.

[LanternWaste]

12. Or we can vote...

"the rest of us can go fuck ourselves..."

Or we can vote rather than maintaining our near-the-back position trailing most developed countries in voter turnout.

I'll work to see my solution come to fruition as you work to see yours in kind.