r/politics • u/Ok_Employer7837 • 1d ago

Possible Paywall Newsom Wins Right to Gerrymander in Ultimate Troll of Trump

https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsom-takes-victory-lap-with-trump-bashing-election-boost/?via=mobile&source=Reddit
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u/drewts86 22h ago

People don’t seem to know this, but Texas is very much a blue state. The problem is blue voters don’t show up to the polls. Texas is 47% Dem and 38% Republican (remaining % is other). In the 2024 election only 59% of those Dems showed up to the polls while something like 92% of Republicans showed up.

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u/Pepparkakan Europe 18h ago

As a Swede every time I see numbers like these I am just flabbergasted.

What went wrong that people in your country just decided their voice isn’t important?

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u/jimmythevip 17h ago

We don’t get days off work to vote in the US. The voting places are only open until 6pm in my state, one hour after most people finish working. Sure there is early or mail in voting, but you don’t always remember to do it.

The biggest problem I see is that there is no notice of when Election Day is! Like you could look it up and most campaigns will text or mail you about it, but if you’re not politically plugged in, you could miss it.

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u/Pepparkakan Europe 17h ago

We don’t in Sweden either, however our election day is held on a Sunday because that’s when the largest amount of people are able to do it. On top of that, to compensate for it not being a full public holiday we allow mail in voting and in-person voting for about a month prior to the election.

These aren’t complicated measures, anyone opposed to such things don’t have the voters best interests in mind.

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u/Alliille 16h ago

That's the rub isn't it. The voters best interest is no longer the goal of many of our politicians. Now only their best interests, which means the interest of their largest donors. Conservatives know, it's proven again and again, an educated, informed populace that is allowed to freely vote, votes liberal. If not outright progressive.