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In reply to the discussion: I was excited about Kamala, but.. [View all]womanofthehills
(10,992 posts)23. According to YouGov poll 19 million who voted for Biden in 2020 didn't vote - main reason given - genocide
"From 2020 to 2024, Democrats saw a staggering dropoff in support at the presidential level, with some 19 million people who voted for Joe Biden staying home (or not mailing in their ballots) in 2024. Now, a new survey conducted by YouGov suggests Bidens support for Israels unrelenting assault on Gaza played a surprisingly large role in the choice of those previous Biden supporters not to vote. (Read the full poll here.)
The top reason those non-voters cited, above the economy at 24 percent and immigration at 11 percent, was Gaza: a full 29 percent cited the ongoing onslaught as the top reason they didnt cast a vote in 2024.
Looking narrowly at states that swung from Biden in 2020 to Trump in 2024, the number is smaller. But in those states, 20 percent still cited Gaza as the reason they didnt vote again. The poll was paid for by the Institute for Middle East Understanding Policy Project, which has been an outspoken critic of Israels assault on Gaza."
"The survey showed that the issue of Gaza was most salient among white voters, 34 percent of whom said it was the top reason they didnt vote for Harris, and Hispanic voters (27 percent), while less so with black voters (just 9 percent)."
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/kamala-harris-gaza-israel-biden-election-poll
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anyone who didn't vote or voted third party was a vote for trump. I don't care what lame excuse they use, that is the
JohnSJ
Mar 2025
#1
Gore did win. The Miami Herald sued and got the right to finish counting the votes, as it turned out Gore won Florida
Meadowoak
Mar 2025
#76
According to YouGov poll 19 million who voted for Biden in 2020 didn't vote - main reason given - genocide
womanofthehills
Mar 2025
#23
So they ended up voting FOR Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing. And Trump tower Gaza.
mackdaddy
Mar 2025
#71
I watched a supremely qualified white woman "lose" to Trump. Then I watched a supremely qualified...
Hekate
Mar 2025
#58
We'll see if IOKYAR can win out over the misogyny, which imo has hit historic levels not seen since 1900
Hekate
Mar 2025
#69
Sign of the times... I misread your last line and though you said "...you needed to be executed."
chia
Mar 2025
#20
Sometime after the polls were closed and all, Trump said it out loud in a little speech. He thanked Musk...
Hekate
Mar 2025
#59
I no longer have these arguments with a lot of Democrats, there are too many politically illiterate people out there.
sop
Mar 2025
#33
I missed that one by less than a minute. Lazy alcoholic, really? They were projecting, methinks.
Dave Bowman
Mar 2025
#46
People who didn't vote for Kamala, or didn't vote at all because they didn't like their choices,
slightlv
Mar 2025
#45