nostr:npub1l5tn499q8ns0xpac2yr8mppgmcjruf62992dk4nzg3nuhcyafu9sfx0gza nostr:npub19qm2trjs3p32nwqwry4ufxl4fk9q4utkq53ywueg0yk8cvggra5s79sn8k This is absolutely astounding. Especially if you consider that statistically not all of those folk will actually vote. How can so few command the direction of so many??
nostr:npub19qm2trjs3p32nwqwry4ufxl4fk9q4utkq53ywueg0yk8cvggra5s79sn8k just a quibble -- about 29% of american voters identify as Republicans,
there are around 38.8 million people registered Republican, in a country of about 258.3 million adults.
you have to appreciate the level of disengagement and disenfranchisement that has plagued centrist and leftists american voters, esp if they are BIPOC
Discussion
nostr:npub1ke35e4f7spe9zfzyecyt5asmcr42k5q9xvslxc4z0r789qcvesrqhtxcva nostr:npub1l5tn499q8ns0xpac2yr8mppgmcjruf62992dk4nzg3nuhcyafu9sfx0gza Don’t believe the hype. Over 74 million people voted for Donald Trump in 2020. That’s more people than voted for Barack Obama in either of the elections he won.
This isn’t a niche movement, regardless of how comforting it is to tell yourself that.
nostr:npub1ke35e4f7spe9zfzyecyt5asmcr42k5q9xvslxc4z0r789qcvesrqhtxcva nostr:npub19qm2trjs3p32nwqwry4ufxl4fk9q4utkq53ywueg0yk8cvggra5s79sn8k gerrymandering is very powerful.
so is the electoral colege &the way the senate is constructed.
the senate should be abolished, IMO. it's wild that states like WY get two senators while CA has 2, for example.
50 Democratic senators effectively represent 186 million Americans, while the 50 Republican senators effectively represent 145 million.
and i know republicans who claim to hate trump, but voted for him becuase they wanted republican SCOTUS picks. it's crazniess