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oooh the Silent Majorty stands with us!

yeah, sure

meanwhile, the actual majority is sleeping though this. Just like they sleep through every election cycle. If you could somehow ran on "oh, was that today? I had no idea" you would be the eternal incumbent

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[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 64 points 1 month ago

I think in a true democracy if the majority of people don't vote, the election needs to be run again with different candidates

[-] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 54 points 1 month ago

Soviet elections had "against all" choice.

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 38 points 1 month ago

Waow that's actually a cool option ngl

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 34 points 1 month ago

But the US told me that the Soviet Union was an evil anti-democracy where no one has a say!

[-] Prole_Strongman@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

Was this “post Soviet”? I can’t find anything about it being during the USSR

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

Did you mean to ask @Collatz_problem@hexbear.net that? Lol

[-] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

Post-Soviet states inherited it, but as far as I know all of them removed this option since.

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 35 points 1 month ago

They're voting for my Johnson?!

[-] miz@hexbear.net 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

the other candidates are soft on Johnson

[-] MaxOS@hexbear.net 32 points 1 month ago
[-] REgon@hexbear.net 31 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

In China that would result in the election having to be redone at a lower level lol^[allegedly, I haven't found much text about chinese democracy, but as far as I can tell that's sort of how it works. Same way it works in an unspecified african country I cannot recall the name of lol]

[-] rootsbreadandmakka@hexbear.net 28 points 1 month ago

Not even registered to vote rat-salute

You’re welcome

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 16 points 1 month ago

Thank you for your service

[-] InternetLefty@hexbear.net 24 points 1 month ago

Most have correctly realized that bourgeois democracy is a sham for working people

[-] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 20 points 1 month ago

I’m not an American, but in my country from what I’ve read our non voters when polled on who they would have voted for if forced to generally vote along similar lines as what the election reflected (with some outlier areas obviously.) Is it similar in the states? Or does it skew heavily to one side?

[-] StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 1 month ago

Looked it up, for 2018-2022 non-voters are split with a slight lead towards Republicans (46%v41%).
PEW article as source

[-] robinn_@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago

That misses the point so obviously

[-] marx_mentat@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Are you saying the solution to people not caring who becomes president is to force them to vote by gunpoint

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago

It’s also so awesome that even though people voted one way, it turned out the opposite anyway due to bullshit

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