• EleventhHour
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    22 months ago

    Yes, but for fewer than you think, and in not enough places to matter.

    But you’re technically correct

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      Even if it’s small, that still can matter in some elctions. Small changes in tight states can make a difference. Mind you in 2000, the presidental election came down to just 537 votes in florida

      Elections can be and often are won on the margins

      Edit: or also provide more state wins to make republicans trying to overide state results much more difficult

      • Drusas
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        72 months ago

        Mind you in 2000, the presidental election came down to just 537 votes in florida

        And that this led to the Supreme Court deciding who would be president instead of the voters. They didn’t finish recounting. How do we think it would go for us if the Supreme Court decided who would be our next president this year?

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          As a discarded Florida voter in that election, thank you for speaking up on my behalf. And I still feel pretty shitty about that.

          Gore absolutely should’ve won— those hanging chads be damned!

        • @rayyy
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          The Brooks Brothers riot stopped the counting. Gore would have won. Thousands of votes were thrown out because they were black votes and some voters both punched their votes for Gore and wrote Gore’s name in. The riot was planned so that the Extreme Court would give Bush the election.

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          12 months ago

          Alternatively, it could also provide small margins in additional states to make trickier harder. For instance a small with in north carolina and georgia would make republican plots against the elctions results more difficult

          • Drusas
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            12 months ago

            Yeah, but only if they actually get counted. The problem in 2000 is that they didn’t. The count was close and the Supreme Court decided to end counting early. We really need this election to be not down to such small numbers or our current Supreme Court will fuck us.

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              My point is less that it should come down to that, and more that any smaller gain can matter if things do

              If you want to do something that it well known to increase turnout more significantly, I highly recommend volunteering for the campaign. Canavassing, for instance, can increase turnout by upwards of ~7-10% (or more or slightly less depending on the data you look at)

              Here’s one site with both in person and virtual places listed

              If nothing else, it can help turn the anxiety down a bit by taking action

              • Drusas
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                12 months ago

                I am disabled and can’t really canvas, but I donate.

                • @[email protected]
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                  12 months ago

                  Fair enough, but worth mentioning that canvassing is not the only effective way to volunteer. There’s also text banking, phone banking, and post card writing for instance (can find those places on the earlier linked site)