• @voracitude
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    76 months ago

    Because a lot of the new voters in this election weren’t eligible to vote in the last one.

        • @EdibleFriend
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          -46 months ago

          All available evidence shows things being disturbingly close. Other then shit like this which, personally, I say it boils down to Rittenhouse is old news and nobody honestly gives a fuck about him anymore other then people like us who hate him. Kinda dangerous also shows your just not really looking at reality when you claim America is now a vastly left leaning country which is what you are saying when you say we outnumber them by a lot dude.

          • @voracitude
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            66 months ago

            If by evidence you mean polls, you need to vet your evidence better. Polls are only as good as their responses, but nobody in younger generations picks up the phone for unknown numbers or has time to answer a poll, which skews the numbers heavily. What I do know is that these kids grew up with more school shootings than days in a year, they have seen firsthand the economic and social ruin brought about by these fascists, and only a very small minority of them think it’s anyone’s fault but the Republicans.

            What you should be worried about is not winning the election, but the likelihood we’ll have to fight to keep it won.

            • @EdibleFriend
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              06 months ago

              What you should be worried about is not winning the election, but the likelihood we’ll have to fight to keep it won.

              Literally all I am talking about when I try to point out we don’t outnumber them by a lot. If we did outnumber them by a lot this would not and never would be a concern at all.

              We haven’t won yet dude. Stop acting like we have because its fucking dangrous.

              • @voracitude
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                36 months ago

                I disagree with your premise. Where are the hordes of young people showing up to Republican events at schools?

                More, what’s dangerous about pointing out that school-age kids have every reason to vote anything but conservative? You think that will breed complacency? The same argument can be made for dooming like you are breeding apathy, but my position at least has some logic behind it. Your rebuttal was “same for republicans” with absolutely fuck all to back it up.

                • @EdibleFriend
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                  -16 months ago

                  Breeding apathy? I am trying to point out the war is not over and we need to keep fighting. Not assuming its over we won. Telling people ‘don’t worry we already vastly outnumber them’ is the kind of shit that teaches people they don’t need to show up to vote because its a forgone conclusion.

                  I will admit things are leaning our way…but we are far from there yet.

                  • @voracitude
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                    6 months ago

                    You went from “Republicans made as many gains with young people” (yes I’m paraphrasing but that’s what “same for Republicans” means in context) to “the war isn’t won yet”. Yeah, my guy, there hasn’t even been a fight yet. You might want to be sure of your point before jumping off, shifting the goalposts is a bad look.

                    I’m glad we’re on the same side, regardless 🤜🎇🤛

                    Edit: Apparently not, that’s sad.