2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I know the DU is only a petri dish in the big picture but [View all]angrychair
(8,699 posts)But your post insinuates that people vote and that vote is actually representative of the people. When clearly most people don't vote and most people don't care.
Take my county for instance in the last election this past November:
Only 72% of the county population that are 18+ are registered voters
Only 36% of registered voters actually voted.
Meaning 22% of the total county population was the only voice for the county on some very serious issues that will impact their lives for several years to come.
As a side note, for the whole state, the numbers were almost the same: 73%, 38% and 22% respectively.
I would suspect that my county and state are not to many points of deviation from the norm.
Yes, this was an non-presidential election year but the things that impact a person's daily life are decided in off year elections.
Voters vote. No one else matters.
Not many people matter because most don't vote.