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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/23689894

from #972Magazine [published in Israel]
By Ahmed Moor
December 17, 2024

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[–] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

this is not true. Trump's total votes barely went up, it was the Democrats total votes plummeted. Total voter turnout was way down, especially for Democrats. Things like this absolutely lead to disengagement from the political process, the media just ignores and downplays it

2020 popular vote totals:

Biden: 81,283,501

Trump: 74,223,975

Total: ~155 million

2024 popular vote totals:

Harris: 74,983,555

Trump: 77,269,255

Total: ~152 million

Democrats lost 7 million votes while Trump only gained 3 million. Where did those 4 million people go? They stayed home because Democrats are liars and backstabbers who continually betray their own base and self sabotage.

[–] thejevans@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (5 children)

The national popular vote is a vibes-check at best. In nearly every state that matters, Harris did better than Biden, and in the ONE state that she didn't, she did worse by ~90k votes. In those states, (again, the ones that decided the election), Trump voters just turned out more than they did in 2020.

PA Biden: 3,377,674 Harris: 3,423,042

AZ Biden: 1,672,143 Harris: 1,582,860

NV Biden: 669,890 Harris: 705,197

GA Biden: 2,461,854 Harris: 2,548,017

NC Biden: 2,684,292 Harris: 2,715,380

WI Biden: 1,610,184 Harris: 1,668,229

MI Biden: 2,649,852 Harris: 2,736,533

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago (4 children)

The economy is going great and the genocide does not matter. Democrats did amazing as well but somehow Trump won. Who knows why. Must be the border bill Harris should have been tougher on immigration!

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Should have campaigned with Bush! /$

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