@DavidM_yeg It appears that about 62-63% of the eligible voters voted, thus making his percentage about 31% of voters.

Shame on the 1/3+ who did not vote. @benroyce @RoguePlayer

@RegGuy @DavidM_yeg @RoguePlayer

As far I am concerned, anyone who did not #vote loses all right to complain about anything in #American #Politics

If I get in an argument and I sense some "both sides the same" or "I send a message by not participating" lying bullshit: block and ignore. Utterly irredeemable. Some people are just completely useless whiny self-destructive morons. They helped give us our coming hell

@ferricoxide The ones who stayed home:
* Not pragmatic
* Chose to be spiritual martyrs with Palestinians by choosing a suicide candidate.
* So angry, lost ability to respond logically, screaming Fuck Us! 🤔

@ferricoxide @benroyce @RegGuy @DavidM_yeg @RoguePlayer

I can understand this attitude, but I think you have to take the Electoral College into account. In Massachusetts or California, what’s the point of either a Republican or Democrat going out to vote, unless there might be a lower office contest that was in doubt (I don’t remember if my Congress member nor members of the legislature had opponents, come to think of it)?

I think, in fact, you saw this in California: fewer voters turned out where the House Congressional seat was pretty assured, more voters turned out in Congressional districts where one’s vote mattered.

I guess both California and Massachusetts had referenda to vote on….

@ferricoxide @DavidM_yeg @RoguePlayer @benroyce @RegGuy Agree, 100%. Trump got the same number of votes he did in 2020. 7 million Biden voters stayed home.

@ferricoxide @benroyce @RegGuy @DavidM_yeg @RoguePlayer The ones who stayed home, to a great extent, just couldn’t stomach voting for a black woman, oh the horror! And some probably believed Tim #Walz was not manly man enough. It was the best overall #Democratic ticket in probably my lifetime and it wasn’t enough for some and, shamefully, too much for others. It makes me want to hurl.

@Thumper1964 I voted for them. But I have to say Walz was the worst pick for VP since, well, I don't know when. He was horrible in his debate, unable to speak clearly and forcefully at all. Any time I heard him speak he uttered muddled statement and confusing ideas. Just a terrible choice. @ferricoxide @benroyce @DavidM_yeg @RoguePlayer

@lain_7 @ferricoxide @RegGuy @DavidM_yeg @RoguePlayer

why are you abrogating your social responsibility?

through your thinking blue states become purple states, purple states become red states, red states become blood

there's no excuses

none

you #vote

period

through that you *change* the electoral college. but we'll never change that if people don't fucking show up in force

exercises in excuse making is nothing but you rationalizing your own impotency

i do not share your impotency

@benroyce I agree 100%. I have voted in every election, even for "dog catcher" since I could vote. 1976 was my first presidential election and I voted for President Carter. I was so upset when Reagan won in 1980. I told my boss, that this was the end of small businesses. She argued I was wrong, hers went out of business a little more than a year later after 35 years. It's been downhill ever since. @lain_7 @ferricoxide @DavidM_yeg @RoguePlayer

@RegGuy @benroyce @lain_7 @ferricoxide @DavidM_yeg @RoguePlayer That’s the same election when I first voted. I was equally disappointed when Reagan won in 1980, and I likewise blame him for the long decline of American civilization—he taught voters that it is okay to be selfish.

@JosephMeyer The irony of my voting in 1976 is that it was a Republican man who went through the trouble to get me registered. I had moved and had not changed my registration. He said he'd help, and did. Things were so different in 1976.@benroyce @lain_7 @ferricoxide @DavidM_yeg @RoguePlayer