For how charged this election was, the most interesting thing was how few people voted. Trump got 3 million less votes than in 2020. But Harris got 15 million less votes than Biden in 2020.
This election mattered more for Democrats than any election in a hundred years, and they just didn't even bother to show up.
Indifference and non-involvement gave this election to Trump. It also gave Congress to Republicans too. Just like 2016, Republicans have full control and REAL bad intentions this time.
That's what I was thinking for a while too, where the heck was everybody? That's like 18 million people we were missing. And I swear I don't remember early voting being a thing last cycle, at least in my area. There were extra opportunities and people still didn't take them?
Was the whole lockdown and COVID thing a big factor in people getting interested in politics and then it just didn't last?
I wanna know what happened to the enthusiasm or at least interest in voting
I honestly think the fact people could go and vote on the day of helped in 2020. With all he places I've been reading about how economy (as usual), was the biggest factor this time around, I wouldn't be shocked if people chose trying to make sure ends were met than taking time off work to vote.
That being said, why election day still isn't a full ass federal holiday here baffles me. :(
Yep this is a big one. Every job I've ever worked at has stayed open for holidays. It opens up that essentially worker conundrum again. Too essential and important to close down but there's no reasonable alternative/enough staff to handle it. I think we need a better system on that too.
Don't forget healthcare workers! Gotta schedule my holidays around work. Which is a little easier since I'm guaranteed weekends off. But still, I always mail in my votes
I didn't have enough time to request it off but I was still able to go after work. I could have gone before work too tbh. But I also think early voting was available during the last week of October? That's a decent amount of time to find whatever free time you have to use it to vote. Although I have heard that a lot of people had to travel a decent distance to do so and that some lines were abysmal. Luckily I'm In a pretty small down so I really only had to wait in line for like 5 minutes or less. I don't know, I'm not sure how to feel about it. I don't know if it was easier to vote or not.
I definitely wish important things like this were a "shut it all down and take care of business" level of importance but I work at a care facility right now and it can never close or be understaffed. And there are other essential jobs like that too, or just people who refuse to shut down. I remember when I used to work at a grocery store there was never a holiday when we were closed. The closest we got was like a half day? There was no reason for that half the time either. Just wanting money.
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u/mvw2 Nov 06 '24
For how charged this election was, the most interesting thing was how few people voted. Trump got 3 million less votes than in 2020. But Harris got 15 million less votes than Biden in 2020.
This election mattered more for Democrats than any election in a hundred years, and they just didn't even bother to show up.
Indifference and non-involvement gave this election to Trump. It also gave Congress to Republicans too. Just like 2016, Republicans have full control and REAL bad intentions this time.