I mean jesus christ there was a slight dip in turnout for the MAGA people but 15 million dropped off the face of the planet for the Dems from 2020. That’s gotta be fucking historic. I do hope this will be a radicalising moment for a lot of well-intentioned liberals.

They fumbled 4 states that Biden flipped, and Trump came pretty fucking close to flipping NY. If this doesn’t awaken people to the political dead end that is the Democratic party I don’t know what will.

  • LigOleTiberal [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    80·
    8 days ago

    supposedly the drop in democratic voters was because everyone in 2020 did mail in ballots because of the pandemic, and that easy method of voting was not available as widely in 2024.

    which means democrats fucked up by not passing a law making mail in ballots universal.

    • CleverOleg [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      58·
      8 days ago

      The fact that Biden and the dems couldn’t get voter reform passed is honestly pathetic. I know Sinema was doing… her thing. But you can’t tell me the political parties don’t get real dirty (like threatening the lives of family members or something) when they really need someone to fall in line.

    • Jessica@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      14·
      8 days ago

      You got me curious so I went looking for numbers and I think you’re right.

      2020

      Total Early Votes: 101,453,111 • In-Person Votes: 35,811,062 • Mail Ballots Returned: 65,642,049 • Mail Ballots Outstanding: 26,576,729 Voters have requested a total of 92,218,778 ballots in the reporting states.

      2024

      68,235,905 mail-in and early in-person votes requested nationally