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[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 369 points 1 week ago (111 children)

I'm trans and I'm terrified, terrified for my queer friends and family, terrified for Ukraine and Palestine, and terrified for the planet.

If you didn't vote or voted for this piece of shit, fuck you. If you voted for him, you deserve the massive inflation and shit he's about to put you through.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 103 points 1 week ago (36 children)

Harris got 15 mill less than biden. Trump got same number of votes basically.

They just slept

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The Democrat vote is ALWAYS 15 million below Biden's RECORD popular vote number! Trump got HUGE numbers for a Republican. Do your homework, and stop trying to create a narrative using COVID numbers.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The narrative that people voted In the 2020 and chose not too in 2024? Doesn't matter what dem numbers were in the past cause all it proves is how many people will consistently vote dem.

I'll tell you what the shock really is me. People voted for Biden not because they hated Trump but something Biden had that dem candidates going back to 2008 didn't have.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Biden. People just wanted someone new in charge of COVID.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well that's something different he had from previous dems from. Dude lucked out with great timing that alone moved 15 million people to vote.

I know it wasn't misogyny because John Kerry, Obama, and Harris were all in the 60 mil range.

[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You realize the US population gets bigger over time, right? There should always been more voters every year because we have more people every year.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The difference between 2020 election and all the others was sudden and large. Not population based.

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