To ALL The MILLION Democrats That Didn't Vote:

[Mr.Bee]

Last edited Wed Nov 13, 2024, 11:08 AM - Edit history (2)

Exactly WHAT Were You Thinking??

[Chakaconcarne]

1. They voted.

[Raven123]

2. I want to know how many were intimidated or suppressed

Through false or misleading information or threats

[dutch777]

3. So dismaying. And that only 64% of all registered voters voted in THIS election. SAD!!!

As a Dem of course I want all Dems to vote. But as a veteran, I want everyone who is eligible to vote. I don't know who I dislike more, those who could vote that don't even bother to register, or those that register and then don't vote. I saw too many men and women sacrifice to assure this most fundamental of rights and to see it so easily dismissed or ignored I consider a personal affront and a national tragedy.

[chia]

4. As of right now on wiki, there are 3 million votes and 2% separating the two candidates. Heartbreaking.

I know, I know, EC and all, but if those votes had been in the right swing states...

[mopinko]

5. the campaigns shd b calling them up and asking them. we have their numbers, at least in swing states.

call the +1s whose votes didnt materialize, ppl who said they were voting for us.
find out what happened.

[onenote]

11. Actually, I believe three of the swing states don't register by party

Georgia, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

[haele]

6. They weren't - they were "feeling" - feeling down.

Ennui, stress, tired, distracted, intimidated, or just didn't feel voting would make a difference.
Some of them can't be bothered to vote because they couldn't make the time, or they weren't near a polling place, or they just forgot -to mail in their ballots, to get up in time to vote before their shift started.
Some didn't have transportation or enough money for transportation.
Some people were alone. Or depressed.
I know, weak excuses. The other side has them, too. But apparently, not as many alone people who aren't able to make it to the polls.

I'm looking at Dems who registered to vote because they found themselves signing a petition a couple years back, or they were more enthusiastic 20 years ago, or they were registered when they got their driver's license but never voted.

There are people registered to vote because it was easy to register, but voting takes more than 5 minutes, and it involves time thinking and making a choice about the future. That's just too much for some folks.

Especially the lost people who find the Democrats won't let them die in the streets just because Democrats recognize not everyone has the same amount of emotional strength, mental or physical health to do what needs to be done sometimes.
Especially those still suffering from Long Covid or other diseases that affect their rational thinking or motivation to just move.

You can't force people to do what they don't want to do or feel up to doing, they're the type that will go along with their own business until they're staring down a tangible, physical threat. And even then, about a quarter of the population will still blank out in panic or stress.

Haele

[Autumn]

7. They were thinking neither candidate was someone they could vote for.

So they chose not to vote. A lot of people think that neither party represents their values.

[hawkeye21]

21. What a pile of crap.

First, someone is going to win. Second, what values, exactly, do they have that make it impossible to choose between Harris and Trump? LOL

Trump is, by any objective measure, the most ludicrous candidate in US history who was the worst president in US history the first time, the only one ever impeached twice. And then he tried a coup. And then he tried to steal votes in Georgia. We have the recording. Did these people watch the Jan. 6 bipartisan committee? And then Trump committed all kinds of crimes. He's a felon. He's committed all kinds of depraved acts live on TV and said the stupidest things ever recorded. And he's a demented nearly 80-year-old.

Then you have Harris, a lifelong prosecutor, former AG of California, VP of the United States, and a normal human with a sense of humor, empathy, and no rap sheet.

Yah, who in the hell could possibly be expected to choose between those two . . . My gawd. Why do we even bother to have schools.

[Autumn]

24. To you it is a pile of crap. But it's their opinion. Not every voter

is a ride or die Democrat or a ride or die Republican. Some are Libertarians, Independents and Greens and some belong to the fringe parties. It's a fact of life. They think the same thing about you that you think about them.

[Keepthesoulalive]

30. How about people vote for others

We are never going to have a perfect candidate but we can vote to make life a little better, unicorns don’t exist, but people do and we can vote to try and save our planet ,feed the hungry, make sure our schools are safe and teaching science, no woman should die because of sepsis, and the list is long but pick one and try to make a difference.

[Autumn]

32. No we will never have a perfect candidate. But some people actualy

believe that their best option is neither of the two parties we have. Myself if a republican is the only candidate on the ballot I don't vote for them, that oval remains blank.

[Keepthesoulalive]

33. we don't vote for republicans ,ever and if there's

no other candidates, we are voting for something. We know they will destroy all the things I mentioned in my post. But because of our system we normally only have two valid choices and one choice that will move things forward. Unfortunately some people are going to feel pain disproportionately.

[onenote]

8. How do you know that 12 million Democrats didn't vote?

I'm sure a lot didn't. But 20 states don't even register voters by party, so how do you come up with 12 million Democrats not voting?

[Mr.Bee]

23. Record Voter Turnout But Fewer Voters? Election Math Seems Off

https://crooksandliars.com/2024/11/record-voter-turnout-fewer-voters-election

[FBaggins]

26. There IS some math that it off... but it isn't the electoral math

That article was written long before counts were finalized - which is still pending with millions left to count

[Emile]

9. They wrongly blamed Biden for Worldwide Inflation

instead of the Predatory Capitalists who jacked up prices.

[Yavin4]

10. What about the White people that did vote?

A majority of which voted for Trump, for the 3rd time. That's the true culprit in all of this.

[cabotnn22]

12. I think Australia has the right idea

Voting should be mandatory. I used to believe forcing people to vote was wrong - but there is no excuse for people being so apathetic.

My solution - make voting mandatory. Either make voting day a holiday or move it to a Saturday. No excuse not to vote.

[BobbyZim]

16. I have no idea why Democrats want everyone to vote

Donald Trump has gotten more non-voting, disengaged, disinterested people to vote than any candidate in American history.

And how’s that working out?

The idea that 100 percent voting would usher in a liberal utopias is nuts.

[Emile]

19. Welcome to du

[kerouac2]

28. mandatory voting doesn't mean mandatory education

Part of the problem is the ignorant and misinformed voting for Trump. Forcing even more ignorant and mis-informed folks to vote sounds like a disaster. Especially with the toxic media we have.

[the_liberal_grandpa]

13. I wonder how many Democrats did to vote for Kamala because

they did not like the way President Biden was trashed and kicked to the curb by celebrities, the media and his own party, and were given no voice in his replacement?

By trashing the President you trash his administration. Kamala of course is a part of that administration and that made it easy for the felon to blame her for peoples anger with the increase in prices at the store. That may have caused more Dems to not vote.

Nothing like that had happened before.

[Mr.Bee]

14. Well I'll tell you-

I've been voting since the early seventies, and in all those decades, I've only voted 'FOR' two candidates, that didn't win; George McGovern and Bernard Sanders.
I've voted AGAINST all my life. Sometimes the state of the country is more important than selfishness.

[Jack Valentino]

15. Your information is outdated. Kamala is NOT "12 Million votes" behind twitler,

only about 2 percent now, 2-3 million.

California and some other states are still counting votes.

Also notable: Kamala Harris actually got MORE votes than Joe Biden
in Georgia, North Carolina and Wisconsin....

This was a tight election, as was predicted.

That said, YES, we could have won it, if all of the 2020 voters had shown up,
but those who are saying it was 10 or 12 million are incorrect now--
(that was only true early in the vote counting, which still is not finished)

[Mr.Bee]

20. Thank you

It is still 'MILLIONS'. I remember being shocked when it was found out that Al Gore won Florida by 500,000.
I updated the title to reflect this, thanks again.

[onenote]

22. Where did you get the idea that Gore won Florida by 500,000 votes?

Gore won the national popular vote by 500,000 votes, not Florida.

[Autumn]

25. When all the votes were counted Al Gore had won enough of them

to win the electoral vote. He had won Florida . It was a small blurb in the newspapers after 9/11 and during the Bush/Cheney's march to war with Iraq.

[Mr.Bee]

31. Thank you, onenote.

Popular vote. Won Florida by 2,500.

[kerouac2]

29. I think Al won FL by under 1k votes in the end.

But he still got more votes.

Another example of truth (more votes) not mattering in this country of ours.

[Progressive dog]

17. In my purple NY district

Pat Ryan (D) won the House seat by over 13%.
I still don't understand why so many voters thought Biden did a bad job as President and probably never will.

[sarisataka]

18. Democrats voted

it was the unaffiliated who don't follow politics much that we failed to motivate.

We forget 2020 was an anomaly, not the norm. The extraordinary efforts made to reach people during Covid resulted in a boatload more votes for Biden. We assumed they would just show up again.

[FBaggins]

27. How are you defining "Democrats"?

Anyone who voted for Biden four years ago was a Democrat?