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Frank D. Lincoln

(653 posts) Wed Sep 25, 2024, 05:26 AM Sep 2024

The biggest threat to our democracy. [View all]

The biggest threat to our democracy is not Trump, Project 2025, MAGA, SCOTUS, the Heritage Foundation, Leonard Leo, voter suppression, racial gerrymandering, or even political coups.

The biggest threat to our democracy are

LOW-INFORMATION SWING STATE VOTERS.

In my opinion.

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The biggest threat to our democracy. [View all] Frank D. Lincoln Sep 2024 OP

Yes, there will always be ruthless sociopaths, but we usually don't elect them to high office. Irish_Dem Sep 2024 #1

What we've got here is... ReRe Sep 2024 #6

Yes greatest moral collapse in US history. Irish_Dem Sep 2024 #7

Low information or badly informed voters. I believe Fox News and the other low/no morality info services carry a lot of. Biophilic Sep 2024 #2

My guess is that those rightwing guys are leftyladyfrommo Sep 2024 #3

Low information, willfully ignorant, and/or hate radio poison filled brains... FailureToCommunicate Sep 2024 #4

Cultivated ignorance is real dlk Sep 2024 #5

I know people who *know* for a fact that gas prices went up LeftinOH Sep 2024 #8

And why are there low-information voters in swing states? Glaisne Sep 2024 #9

There is a lot of low information voters across the country, not just in the swing states. Bev54 Sep 2024 #10

That's a good and important point. nt Frank D. Lincoln Sep 2024 #12

Low information voters are often manipulated by media Martin Eden Sep 2024 #11