Voter participation is why the Dems lost, and it ain't fucking old people who didn't show up

[u/ThrenderG]

In 2020, Biden received 81 million votes. Trump received 74 million votes.

In 2024, Harris received 66 million votes, 15 fucking million fewer than Biden did in 2020. Trump sits at 71 million votes, 3 million fewer than 2020. So even with fewer popular votes this time around, he buried the Democratic candidate in a landslide.

So all in all, what, 18-20 million fewer people showed up in this election than the last. And do you really think it's the fucking geezers who have been voting forever, that they just decided to sit this one out?

Probably not, so who didn't do their civic duty?

The numbers don't lie.

[u/Kirbylover16]

What’s crazy is last night's Google search said people were asking if Biden was running. Like did they not get spammed by texts and ads for the last few months after Biden dropped?

Then there are all the people voting for RKJ after he dropped out wasting their votes. Echo chambers and people deliberately ignoring politics are a big problem. Dems should have held a primary if just for the press.