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To those in countries where democracy might last another election - harm reduction is not optional
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this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2025
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"Next, think back to your decision not to vote in 2024. You will see issues that some say may have impacted their decision whether or not to vote. For each of those, please say how you feel about that issue." And in every category, the data YOU provided shows that most people who didn't vote WEREN'T GOING TO VOTE ANYWAY.
"This issue was important to me, and candidates positions on this issue swayed me not to vote." Gaza - 20% with 80% not being swayed or not caring about the issue that much.
Abortion Access - 22% with 78% not swayed/caring
Jobs - 14% with 86% not swayed/caring
Inflation - 25% with 75% not swayed/caring
Democracy and voting access - 15% with 85% not swayed/caring
Immigration - 21% with 79% not swayed/caring.
Climate change - 22% with 78% not swayed/caring
the issue which swayed most people NOT to vote wasn't a lefty issue like gaza, climate change, or abortion access, it was IMMIGRATION, which is an issue literally everyone on the political spectrum cares about in some way shape or form. Furthermore, YOUR study that YOU linked is pretty clear that most people didn't stop voting because they didn't like the issues, it was because they don't trust EITHER party to run the government.
"Neither party is trustworthy on this issue"
Economy - 38% compared to 31% for Dems and 18% for Repubs
Housing - 45% compared to 37% D and 8%R
Russia/Ukraine - 36% compared to 31D and 18R
Gaza - 49% compared to 18D and 16 R
Immigration 38% compared to 24D and 28R
Income inequality - 43% compared to 40D and 6R
Foreign threats - 38% compared to 25D and 21 R
In fact, the only times ANYONE is seen as more trustworthy than not on ANY issue is Climate Change and Healthcare.
Holy fucking shit, are you being serious here? Are you literally incapable of parsing what you just quoted?
... no, the issue was inflation, not immigration, by the numbers you literally quoted, but apparently can't read. Furthermore, it was the most important issue by a whopping 3%, with 'lefty issues' like abortion, democracy, immigration, and climate change making up 61% of 2020 Biden voters who chose not to vote in 2024.
What... what the ever-loving fuck do you think 'not trusting' a party on an issue means, exactly?
Christ. Do I have to hold your hand just to get you to read a paper?
I misread, sue me. Yeah it was inflation which is again an across the board issue. Again not a lefty issue. And yeah, lefty issues made up 60%, but nowhere in that paper did it state how much overlap between issues. Again, we don't have the numbers to back it up, but I bet you all the money in my pocket versus all the money in your pockets that at least half of the people who reported that Gaza swayed their decision ALSO reported that climate change, and abortion swayed their vote. And nice try adding in immigration and democracy as 'lefty issues' as if they're not ALSO across the board issues.
And not trusting a party on an issue is only really relevent if there's only one or two issues that people don't trust the party on. When people do not trust the party on 90% of the issues, they don't trust the fucking party. Which is exactly why 62% of democrats want new leadership in the party and that's just DEMOCRATS. Not even counting left leaning independents.
It would seem to be a very consistent pattern with you.
The total is only 158%, so only half of the average respondents would only have been able to signify even a single other issue as important to their vote. This is called basic numeracy. They teach it in most schools.
... fucking what? Are you taking the piss right now?
And it's more left-leaning leadership Democratic voters want, right?
... right...?
Maybe operating with the same boggle-eyed religious conviction that Republicans do about the Silent Majority wherein everyone secretly agrees with you, and all evidence to the contrary is a liberal conspiracy, is a bad way to approach politics?