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ancianita

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76. If you want the electorate population, you have to do the math as shown in my posts above.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 04:27 PM
Nov 2024

1. Use these two sources numbers to subtract from the current worldometer US population number.
https://data.unicef.org/how-many/how-many-children-under-18-are-there-in-the-us/#

2. Substract the under 18 population number (74,112,182 kids) and the undocumented population number (11,700.000 best estimate) from the worldometer US population number. That there is your electorate.

Come ON.

Again, I'm looking for a better source of the number who are ELIGIBLE TO VOTE,

You keep acting like you can't google a "better" source and do the math. Seriously?

As for what the OP posts... my opinion isn't about the OP poster. It's about Gay, who knows the NYT audience and writes to that national audience from "I" to "we." Take her "we" to mean any number you think she means. We've probably derailed the thread over this, so I'm done.

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Thanks for this 😊 Blue_Tires Nov 2024 #1
that one is a few years too late. rampartd Nov 2024 #2
They can never undo all of their sane-washing wolfie001 Nov 2024 #23
"liberal new york times" rampartd Nov 2024 #40
Judith Miller barf wolfie001 Nov 2024 #48
oh NOW they say it Skittles Nov 2024 #3
"They" aren't saying it. This is a Roxanne Gay Op-Ed. maxsolomon Nov 2024 #56
The NY Times encouraged and supported, actively, Trump, both in 2016 and in 2024. Fuck that "but her emails..." "old... NNadir Nov 2024 #4
For ALL practical purposes, simply put DENVERPOPS Nov 2024 #51
Oh wow NOW a warning? mountain grammy Nov 2024 #5
Since its an Opinion/Editorial by Roxanne Gay maxsolomon Nov 2024 #53
And yet, somehow, they couldn't endorse Harris. Grumpy Old Guy Nov 2024 #6
I'm pretty sure NYT DID endorse VP Harris Seeking Serenity Nov 2024 #8
False Shrek Nov 2024 #13
It was the Washington Post that didn't endorse her radical noodle Nov 2024 #14
I stand corrected. Grumpy Old Guy Nov 2024 #30
And yet you did not correct the post that accused them of not endorsing Harris maxsolomon Nov 2024 #52
No, the Washington Post refused endorsements, whathehell Nov 2024 #49
Wtf?? WE'VE been saying the exact same B.See Nov 2024 #7
Great piece by Contributing Opinion Writer Roxane Gay. Pinback Nov 2024 #9
This piece makes a too-common, WRONG assumption about who "we" are. 22% of Americans is NOT who 78% of Americans are. ancianita Nov 2024 #10
Thank you for that. If only we could convince more to vote. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2024 #18
YW. Just mapping it out helps. ancianita Nov 2024 #21
Brilliant response - thank you! jmbar2 Nov 2024 #24
Absolutely! ancianita Nov 2024 #25
I really like your fighting spirit jmbar2 Nov 2024 #26
Awwww, hell to the YEAH !!! Seinan Sensei Nov 2024 #28
i love what you wrote but where are you getting the 22% number (and the 78% number)? nt orleans Nov 2024 #32
Thanks. Sure. ancianita Nov 2024 #33
got it! thank you! orleans Nov 2024 #35
29% of US voting age population voted for Trump in 2024. SomewhereInTheMiddle Nov 2024 #42
Exactly. ancianita Nov 2024 #44
76,510,127 / 244,666,890 eligible-to-vote equals 31.3% of those eligible to vote voted for tRump nmmi Nov 2024 #47
If you want to use a university from Florida, run by Sasse/Fuchs, I'm not going to argue about eligible vote numbers. ancianita Nov 2024 #57
If you have any other source, I will gladly use that. nmmi Nov 2024 #73
Sure. I live in Florida and since covid, don't trust Florida's govt or RW universities. I use other sources. ancianita Nov 2024 #74
Sorry, but as I patiently pointed out, not everyone who is over 18 can legally vote - e.g. non-citizens. a lot of felons nmmi Nov 2024 #75
If you want the electorate population, you have to do the math as shown in my posts above. ancianita Nov 2024 #76
Uh, err, you forgot that many felons can't vote. And the undocumented population is a subset of non-citizens nmmi Nov 2024 #77
I think the "electorate" as the denominator... reACTIONary Nov 2024 #50
I do, too, since it's the bigger population that, divided into Trump votes, shows them as a percent of ancianita Nov 2024 #58
Sorry, but no Cosmocat Nov 2024 #43
Worth considering, so here goes. ancianita Nov 2024 #45
but 346,134,190 is not of voting age mahina Nov 2024 #81
Right F'ckn On! montanacowboy Nov 2024 #11
No thanks mcar Nov 2024 #12
Where were they in the last days before the election? brush Nov 2024 #15
They had their heads buried in the sand sakabatou Nov 2024 #16
Did you read the same NYT I did in the last days before the election? maxsolomon Nov 2024 #55
I watched NYT staffers on cable constantly bash Biden/Harris. brush Nov 2024 #61
I'm defending it because I don't believe its the malign actor that you do, maxsolomon Nov 2024 #62
Oh please. The NYT is ust about as complicit in not going after the 'weaving', white supremacist asshole that is tsrump. brush Nov 2024 #63
What am I supposed to subscribe to? The Daily Worker? maxsolomon Nov 2024 #68
Seems to me the NYT bashed Biden/Harris as much as you allege it declared trump unfit. brush Nov 2024 #70
The NYT has been an active participant in the propaganda network. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2024 #17
Exactly. ancianita Nov 2024 #27
Dietrich Bonhoeffer said stupid prople are the most dangerous Beck23 Nov 2024 #19
Yes, and Bonhoeffer knew why. ancianita Nov 2024 #29
A NYT opinion column that nails it. MLWR Nov 2024 #20
Too little, too late. Fuck the NYT. (nt) Paladin Nov 2024 #22
IMO, Harris still had the best chance. Any other dem would have done much worse AlexSFCA Nov 2024 #31
Agree. ancianita Nov 2024 #36
Roxane Gay, a contributing Opinion writer, continues... Hekate Nov 2024 #34
I wonder... kevinore Nov 2024 #37
Archive littlemissmartypants Nov 2024 #38
Day late and several dollars short relayerbob Nov 2024 #39
Too little, too late. Old Crank Nov 2024 #41
To my knowledge PennRalphie Nov 2024 #46
Said it the other day... krkaufman Nov 2024 #54
Another good piece... krkaufman Nov 2024 #84
There were several excellent op-ed columns in yesterday's NYT bif Nov 2024 #59
That's the most important thing. maxsolomon Nov 2024 #60
I still subscribe to the NYTimes because they have some great writers and reporters (and the crossword and games), but LymphocyteLover Nov 2024 #65
Can you point at a single mainstream US newspaper whose priorities weren't "warped"? maxsolomon Nov 2024 #69
Actually our Detroit Free Press is pretty decent. bif Nov 2024 #71
In what way? maxsolomon Nov 2024 #78
Do you work for them? JustAnotherGen Nov 2024 #80
I don't work for them. Are you serious? maxsolomon Nov 2024 #82
I don't know. My local paper avoids partisan politics as much as they can. Seemed like the Philadelphia Enquirer LymphocyteLover Nov 2024 #83
OMG yes! The people most under-represented in the media are regular sane Democrats like us!!! LymphocyteLover Nov 2024 #64
I love the NYT's Sunday Edition bif Nov 2024 #66
Where were they JustAnotherGen Nov 2024 #67
Tell me you don't read the NYT without telling me you don't read the NYT. maxsolomon Nov 2024 #72
Ah - yeah i didn't and won't JustAnotherGen Nov 2024 #79
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