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The majority of tax payers voted for this to happen
by Braxton1980 6mo ago
The majority of tax payers voted for this to happen
- sgerenser 6mo agoPlurality, not majority. (Not that I’m excusing the dumb dumbs who decided not voting was a viable course of action when they decided that “both sides” were running bad candidates).
- tomjakubowski 6mo agoWith Trump getting a little bit less than half the vote and a 65% turnout, "did not vote" was the plurality.
- JumpCrisscross 6mo agoWhich is functionally a vote for the status quo. Someone who can't bother to vote isn't going to bother e.g. protesting or otherwise affirming their rights.
- datsci_est_2015 6mo agoOr defeatism. Discouragement campaigns go a long way: “both sides are bad so don’t vote!”
- hedora 6mo agoSo, in this case, "plurality" means "third place".
- Braxton1980 6mo agoNot voting is a choice and the same as voting for the winner
- justinclift 6mo ago> Not that I’m excusing the dumb dumbs who decided not voting was a viable course of action when they decided that “both sides” were running bad candidates Sounds like both candidates were terrible enough that quite a few didn't bother?
- Braxton1980 6mo ago1.They weren't equally bad. 2. Not voting still results in one being elected. This isn't the same as being offered two foods you don't like and declining to eat either. 3. The judgment on the quality of the candidates is likely mostly based on misinformation and manipulation by others.
- Braxton1980 6mo ago"Both sides" Both candidates weren't equally bad. That is always the situation and you must choose the least worse or best candidate.
- collingreen 6mo agoI didn't see this particular policy on the ballot. I hope you use this logic uniformly when deciding if it is valid to care about a particular policy.
- tomjakubowski 6mo agoMany taxpayers are non-citizens or convicted felons and cannot vote. Turnout of citizens who were eligible to vote last election was 65%. Of those, 49.8% voted for Trump. Some portion of them likely did not vote with this specific policy in mind.
- Braxton1980 6mo ago>Some portion of them likely did not vote with this specific policy in mind. Their fault. The Republican party has been quite open about being a against environmentalism and related policies.
- anon7000 6mo agoAnd the majority of tax payers voted for the previous admin too, which started this offshore wind project in the first place.
- Braxton1980 6mo agoOk? And? The majority voted to move in one direction then the majority wanted to reverse it.
- ericfr11 6mo agoVoted for what? More pollution, more expensive gas, more expensive electricity??
- jojomodding 6mo agoWell, yes. The GOP's disdain for renewables is well-known and not recent.
- danans 6mo ago> Voted for what? More pollution, more expensive gas, more expensive electricity?? Yes, but the hope is that the downside happens to the people you don't like, and you somehow only get the upside.