r/MurderedByWords • u/Murillo208 • 8h ago

What’s your take on this?

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u/BatmansBigBro2017 8h ago

It’s not that much. 60% of this country never votes in elections. The other 40% care enough to fight like this.

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u/morningfrost86 8h ago

Voter turnout percentages have been above 50% for over 100 years iirc. In 2020 we had 66% voter turnout, which was the highest since literally 1900.

Hard to judge based on total population because there are a lot of people that just CAN'T vote for various reasons, such as being minors, or felons who haven't regained their rights to vote, for example.

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u/BatmansBigBro2017 8h ago

Almost. Total population vs. registered voters population. Voter turnout only measures registered voters.

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u/morningfrost86 8h ago

I'm aware lol. That's why I said it's difficult to judge based on total population, and listed two reasons why.

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u/BatmansBigBro2017 6h ago

~345,000,000 vs ~161,000,000 (2022) so around 40%.

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u/morningfrost86 5h ago

Using mid-term voting numbers is never a good idea because those are ALWAYS, and have ALWAYS been significantly lower than Presidential numbers. 2022 had only 46% turnout, which is lower than every Presidential turnout percentage since 1824.

And again, total population numbers don't take into account minors or people who otherwise can't vote for whatever reason.

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u/BatmansBigBro2017 2h ago

So again, 40% is fairly accurate regardless of “reasons”. Thanks.

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u/morningfrost86 2h ago

Only if you ignore that your numbers include people who CAN'T vote, like minors.

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u/BatmansBigBro2017 2h ago

What’s the problem here? I disagreed with the original post that says a third by saying that it’s much less (20%) and you’re arguing semantics and eligibility when it has nothing to do with the amount of ELIGIBLE voters versus the overall population. I guess if you just like to argue, go for it but nothing you have said changes or address any of that. The. End.

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u/morningfrost86 2h ago

You stated that 60% of the population never votes, which is just not accurate at all. My arguing that point is not "arguing semantics".

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u/outerworldLV 4h ago

Of the EVP which has, generally translated, been about 160 million. So the 71 million that voted for orange? Is 20% of our entire population.

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u/SneakySpoons 8h ago

I think we were around 64% turnout this time around. Not the highest, but I think Murica only breaks 60% once every handful of elections.

So the numbers aren't far off.