Shits fucked, and you’re right to press us (Americans) on taking action. but that 2/5 figure is not a very true look at our demographics. 1. There’s a huge contingent of non-voting americans; Some because they’re negligent, but plenty of others are children, disenfranchised through bullshit voting laws, non-citizens who contribute greatly but nevertheless can’t vote, or prisoners who have done their time but aren’t allowed to vote anymore.
2. Identifying parties from polls has always been suspect. 80% of people still willing to identify as republican in a poll support trump, but surely that self-selection bias is massively skewing those results. Would those farmers in the leopards ate my face community still say they’re republican in a poll? probably most, but not all who actually did vote republican.
(80% + 20%) / 2 = 50%
Wow
I just picked some rough numbers from recent polls. Reps are at like 85% and Independents are at about 30%.
I made a mistake, Dems are at 5%. I’ll fix.
Shits fucked, and you’re right to press us (Americans) on taking action. but that 2/5 figure is not a very true look at our demographics. 1. There’s a huge contingent of non-voting americans; Some because they’re negligent, but plenty of others are children, disenfranchised through bullshit voting laws, non-citizens who contribute greatly but nevertheless can’t vote, or prisoners who have done their time but aren’t allowed to vote anymore. 2. Identifying parties from polls has always been suspect. 80% of people still willing to identify as republican in a poll support trump, but surely that self-selection bias is massively skewing those results. Would those farmers in the leopards ate my face community still say they’re republican in a poll? probably most, but not all who actually did vote republican.