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> About half of us are shocked and revolted by pretty much everything he says and does. Only 65% voted, so it’s probably safe to say that only 35-40% of the po

• immibis 1y ago
  It's equally safe to say only 35-40% of the population oppose him.
• j1elo 1y ago
  > Only 65% voted So 35% voted the option "I'm fine with whatever comes" so a blanket approval can be assumed to whoever won, i.e. in this case an implicit support for Trump.
  • amanaplanacanal 1y ago
    I would guess more like "I hate them both" or "I'm too busy just trying to take care of my family to care about politics". There was also a contingent of "Trump sucks, but I hate the way Biden is handling Gaza". Plus a big chunk of "burn it all down so we can try something new".
    • walls 1y ago
      In other words, 2/3 of people were ok with this.
  • CoastalCoder 1y ago
    I don't think that's accurate. Because of how the electoral college works, some people in deeply Republican states could correctly assume that their individual vote simply wouldn't matter. I don't know if such reasoning swung the election or not. I imagine some political pollsters have a better sense of it.
  • throwawa5 1y ago
    I didn't vote because I live in a deep blue district in a deep blue state, Harris was a joke of a candidate, and I couldn't be bothered to update my voter registration after a recent move. Given my participation would have had zero impact on the outcome, I decided to spend my time on other things. From what I hear, many people in blue states made the same calculation.
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