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Because you now did it to yourself.

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[–] MataVatnik 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (33 children)

Nah Trump won the popular vote too. This has nothing to do with voters staying at home. Trump won on the economy. I went to the gas station before voting yesterday and a redbull was $4 and a small bag of chips $3. I knew at that point there is a good chance that Trump would win.

[–] fuck_u_spez_in_particular 5 points 1 month ago (11 children)

It has, as voter turnout could be significantly better. It's not yet clear what it is, but so far it doesn't look very good.

[–] MataVatnik 8 points 1 month ago (10 children)

What in saying is that it probably doesn't have much to do with Gaza. People voted on the economy.

[–] Bassman1805 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'd argue that 98% of US voters don't care about Gaza whatsoever. It's a wedge issue for a very small minority but was unlikely to significantly affect the race in the big picture.

Almost everybody I know bitches about the price of groceries (regardless of where they place the blame) but I only know a couple people in the Real/Outside World who regularly talk about the Gaza genocide.

[–] MataVatnik 7 points 1 month ago

Yeah, people who I thought were progressive went on about inflation and were thinking about not voting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The big picture in Michigan everyone: the bug picture in Michigan everyone

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