Here are the numbers...

“If the purges [of potential voters], challenges and ballot rejections were random, it wouldn’t matter. It’s anything but random. For example, an audit by the State of Washington found that a Black voter was 400% more likely than a white voter to have their mail-in ballot rejected. Rejection of Black in-person votes, according to a US Civil Rights Commission study in Florida, ran 14.3% or one in seven ballots cast.”

"[…] Democracy can win* despite the 2.3% suppression headwind.

And that’s our job as Americans: to end the purges, the vigilante challenges, the ballot rejections and the attitude that this is all somehow OK."

  • @paultimate14
    14•12 days ago

    Are these progressives who told people not to vote for Biden or Harris in the room with us right now?

      • @paultimate14
        6•12 days ago

        You think some British radio host who isn’t big enough to have his own Wikipedia page was a significant influence on US elections? I can’t even find enough info on this dude to determine what his political views are and whether he self-identities as “progressive” or not.

        Every progressive politician in the US was trying to get as many anti-Trump votes as possible.

        • @blackbelt352
          2•12 days ago

          Apologies it was supposed to be a link to the lemmy post of this screenshot not just the image, because there were enough people who were complaining about biden’s policy but conveniently ignoring trumps genocide accelerationist policy on the post itself. Seems like the copy link button on jerboa is a bit funky.

          • @paultimate14
            -3•12 days ago

            Once again, a bunch of bots, trolls, astroturfers anonymously posting and maybe claiming to be progressive on the internet. If you fell for it that’s on you.

            • @blackbelt352
              3•12 days ago

              I didn’t fall for it, I voted blue straight down my ballot on election day, but all these bots, trolls and astroturfers convinced a lot of other people to stay home on election day.

              So yes here is an example of those “progressives” dissuading people from voting “in the room with us.” Doesn’t matter if they’re bots and trolls, they masqueraded as vaguely progressive and convinced people to stay home on election day. If they were legitimately progressive or astroturf, the end result is the same, the party of accelerated genocide ended up with the presidency, the house, senate and Judiciary.

              Oh just a hint but the “are the XYZs in the room with us” line is supposed to be about sarcastically pointing out something doesnt exist and isn’t easily proven to actually exist.

              • @Ensign_CrabEnglish
                1•11 days ago

                Oh just a hint but the “are the XYZs in the room with us” line is supposed to be about sarcastically pointing out something doesnt exist and isn’t easily proven to actually exist.

                Luckily, all you have to do is point to anyone who doesn’t love your genocide and scream that they’re a russian.

                • @blackbelt352
                  -1•11 days ago

                  I don’t care who was dissuading people from voting, there are bad actors across the board out there who absolutely are dissuading people from voting focusing on biden’s status quo genocide policy and burying trumps genocide acceleration under the noise.

                  Congratulations I hope you’re happy with even more genocide that what would otherwise be happening.

                  • @Ensign_CrabEnglish
                    -1•11 days ago

                    I don’t care who was dissuading people from voting

                    Centrists interpret anyone upset with their genocide as “dissuading people from voting.” Has it ever occurred to you that people were trying to warn you what would happen if you kept up with your genocide support? Or did you just not care, knowing that you would get your genocide either way?

      • @lennybirdEnglish
        5•12 days ago

        Oh lots trying to wedge drive. The Stein and uncommitted voters were a big presence. Many of them have very quickly shut up since the election. Golly, how curious.

        • @[email protected]English
          2•12 days ago

          I disagree. I see the pro-Palestine comments as pretty constant. What I have seen a rise of is of comments from liberals gleefully celebrating the plight of the Palestinians.s

          • @lennybirdEnglish
            1•12 days ago

            It’s a good thing their odds are so much better under Donald then, huh.

            I’m sure he’ll listen to their grievances, amirite?

            Also I’m sure they’ll care more about Putin’s ongoing genocide in Ukraine, yes? As Trump suspends all future aid not already allocated to Ukraine, it doesn’t look good, Cotton.