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SickOfTheOnePct

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3. These are the same people...

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Original post)

Mon Aug 11, 2025, 03:49 PM

Aug 2025

...who never vote.

The higher turnout in 2020 was an anomaly for the last 50 or more years, so I'm not too surprised that it dropped back down to a "normal" range in 2024.

I wish it would be higher, but the fact is that nearly half of the eligible voters in this country just aren't interested in voting.

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