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I thought this election had much lower turnout than the last? That coupled with the fact that incumbents lost globally due to inflation, it isn't surprising tha

I thought this election had much lower turnout than the last? That coupled with the fact that incumbents lost globally due to inflation, it isn't surprising that Trump won. Pretending it was because we didn't baby the MAGA voters enough is misguided, IMO.

acdha 2y ago
Lower turnout for Democrats, not Trump. Most of the stories about some demographic skewing right in 2024 are exaggerating the trend because most of those people voted for him in 2020, too, but many Biden voters stayed home. (I’m not saying that nobody changed their vote, only that looking at percentage point changes distorts the view unless you factor in disproportionate no-show rates.)
- cratermoon 2y ago
  Texas attorney general Ken Paxton said the quiet part out loud recently: the efforts that he characterized as fighting voter fraud were straight up suppression of votes in Democratic majority districts. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/ken-paxton-voter-registration-fraud/ https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/ken-paxton-voter-...
  - JoshTriplett 2y ago
    Exactly. The characterization that the entire margin was caused by Democrats staying home is hiding the fact that many were fraudulently disenfranchised.