"Voters vote. Polls don't," said the president following wins for Democrats in key elections on Tuesday.
  • TransplantedSconie
    686·
    11 months ago

    Maybe if voters got off their ass in Texas and participated, you’d see some change. 55% of the registered voters didn’t vote in '22. That was after they fucking froze or baked to death because the power grid is fucked.

    • SuiXi3D@kbin.social
      39·
      11 months ago

      Man, I tried so hard to convince folks to vote. Gave everybody links to register, a voting guide, and where they could vote. I tried.

      • Brokkr@lemmy.world
        35·
        11 months ago

        Great work! If you can, please keep helping. You’re doing the right thing. Thank you.

      • BolexForSoup@kbin.social
        1·
        11 months ago

        Just because they didn’t win one round doesn’t mean the effort was in vein. It took a decade of really intense work to get Georgia where it is now. It’s an investment, not a one time purchase.

        • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
          3·
          11 months ago

          The margin of victory (in Texas) was actually quite narrow when you consider how many didn’t vote. I’m guessing among the non-participants was at least 1 mil liberals that thought Biden had no chance of winning. This was one of the closest races since 1992 (but that was mainly because of Ross Perot).

      • LemmysMum@lemmy.world
        23·
        11 months ago

        Non-voters aren’t really ‘non-voters’. They’re just voting for “I’ll have what they’re having”.

        I couldn’t imagine throwing away your only voice just to get what you don’t want.

        Edit: Looks like non-voters only vote when it doesn’t count. lol

    • PersnickityPenguin
      6·
      11 months ago

      Hey now, let’s not get political here!

      …proceeds to move polling booth on the other side of the county, and open only for an hour.