• Optional@lemmy.worldOP
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    26
    ·
    1 day ago

    Well they’d still be able to vote in a gerrymandered district, but as far as voter suppression, it was at an all time high, in terms of ratfucking attempts, but it’s still small compared to the overall population of non-voters.

    Pew research found that:

    Among those eligible to vote who say they did not cast a ballot, 42% say they wish they had voted while 57% say they do not.

    So. Don’t give a damn til their shit blows up in real time.

    • tischbier@feddit.org
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      6 hours ago

      They’re real and out there unfortunately.

      I have a good friend who believed his life didn’t change at all if he voted or who was in office. His house was given to him. His job is stable. He has very little needs and never left his small town.

      He didn’t start connecting how politics impacted him until I lived with him during the pandemic. It was then he started to understand more and vote.

      He’s smart otherwise and a great person who is kind to others. But he isn’t the type to look deeply into anything that isn’t immediately around him.

      I feel like a lot of people need that 1:1 coaching or they legitimately cannot connect the dots in the big picture. Or maybe they need physical community and to be surrounded by people like me who can see big picture stuff easily.

      It’s like people who can’t imagine objects in their head (aphantasia) but for the inability to connect abstract big picture concepts. Whatever that is called —that’s what these non-voters fuck it who cares people have.