(September 14, 2017 at 2:43 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:when the turnout was 54.7%
That alone should speak volumes to you. I guess the other 45.3 percent were too busy. The Brexit turnout was over 72%. The French election turnout was 74%.
And, as Vince Lombardi said: "Winning isn't everything it's the only thing." Although he may not have been the first to say it.
Like I said before, there are many reasons why people don't turn out to vote. You are aware of the restrictive voter ID laws that make it harder to vote for some people (most notably the poor and minorities) right? Or laws in states that mean you cannot send a mail-in ballot, and don't make the election day a public holiday, meaning if you are poor and working two jobs you have to get time off work, on a day where a load of your colleagues also want time off work, and then get to a polling station when you might not have proper transportation.
But sure, everyone was "too busy" to vote. Maybe set aside your pessimism once in a while Min; you're a clever guy, but your reasoning is dangerous. You don't have any actual evidence that the country wanted Trump, but you assume it because it helps explain in your eyes why your candidate lost. There are numerous reasons why she did, not all of them have to do with Trump and his supporters.
