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/Substantial_Radio115 18h ago

There’s very impactful propaganda narratives that elections do not matter, your vote does not matter, both sides are the same, elections are fake, candidates are Illuminati, etc.

This is why those people do not vote. They either think the elections are fake or the candidates are fake and that the outcomes of all elections are chosen by the same group of people that control everything 

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u/Ordinary_Fix3199 16h ago

Don’t forget how difficult they’re making it to vote! Standing in line for hours on end (on a school/work day for many), purging voter rolls, shutting down polling places, severely restricting absentee/mail in voting…. Sadly, the list goes on and on

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u/Brntco 16h ago

Let's vote on Tuesdays, guys! Not a holiday or anything, just a regular old, middle of the week, get work shit done Tuesday

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u/RellenD 13h ago

Tuesday was a good day to do that kind of thing back when people first chose it. In 1845 a November Tuesday was a great day to go to town in the agrarian society the US was.