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> Well isn't this what most people voted on? Strictly speaking, no. Trump won 77,284,118 votes, or 49.8 percent of the votes cast for president. Voter turnou

> Well isn't this what most people voted on? Strictly speaking, no. Trump won 77,284,118 votes, or 49.8 percent of the votes cast for president. Voter turnout nationally in 2024 was 63.9 percent (below the 66.6 percent voter turnout recorded in 2020). So 31.8 percent of the eligible voters in the USofA voted for Trump in the 2024 elections, most eligible voters didn't vote for Trump. Eligible Voters aside, an even greater percentage of people in the USofA didn't vote for Trump being too young or otherwise disenfranchised. Of those that did vote for Trump it's a leap to say that all of them voted to fire the chief government records keeper; like Brexit, many of those who voted for it had no real idea what they had voted for.

anon7000 2y ago
Yep. I mean Trump lied throughout his campaign, saying Project 2025 had nothing to do with him or his eventual policy. What if you were on the fence, and decided to vote for him after he distanced himself from that crazy religious establishment playbook? That person didn’t vote for this to be happen (even though the con was fucking obvious in the moment.) Do his voters really want to loose Obamacare, Medicaid, social security, food stamps, whatever? No, of course not. Next to no one is interested in cutting a program that personally benefits them. Though, we can’t forget the troll voters who are in it to own the libs because they’re upset over identity politics and cancel culture, and Elon seems cool to them. I guess they’re happy now, owning the libs, thinking they voted for this, but they’re really just owning themselves after a company or bank fucks them over when consumer protection is abolished. The incentives are just too strong for companies to absolutely screw everyone they can, so it will happen without question.
ifyoubuildit 2y ago
Wouldn't it be assumed that "what most people voted on" would have eligible voters _who actually voted_ as the denominator? Also, to this: > many of those who voted for it had no real idea what they had voted for. How many folks do you think ever have any real idea what they're voting for?
- defrost 2y ago
  > How many folks do you think ever have any real idea what they're voting for? Easily not "most of them". It seems we both agree that "most people voted for {this}" where {this} is any specific policy action is essentially bullshit exaggerated hyperbole.

anon7000 2y ago

Yep. I mean Trump lied throughout his campaign, saying Project 2025 had nothing to do with him or his eventual policy. What if you were on the fence, and decided to vote for him after he distanced himself from that crazy religious establishment playbook? That person didn’t vote for this to be happen (even though the con was fucking obvious in the moment.) Do his voters really want to loose Obamacare, Medicaid, social security, food stamps, whatever? No, of course not. Next to no one is interested in cutting a program that personally benefits them. Though, we can’t forget the troll voters who are in it to own the libs because they’re upset over identity politics and cancel culture, and Elon seems cool to them. I guess they’re happy now, owning the libs, thinking they voted for this, but they’re really just owning themselves after a company or bank fucks them over when consumer protection is abolished. The incentives are just too strong for companies to absolutely screw everyone they can, so it will happen without question.

ifyoubuildit 2y ago

Wouldn't it be assumed that "what most people voted on" would have eligible voters _who actually voted_ as the denominator? Also, to this: > many of those who voted for it had no real idea what they had voted for. How many folks do you think ever have any real idea what they're voting for?

defrost 2y ago
> How many folks do you think ever have any real idea what they're voting for? Easily not "most of them". It seems we both agree that "most people voted for {this}" where {this} is any specific policy action is essentially bullshit exaggerated hyperbole.