an_onanist@lemmy.world to Political Humor@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTake that pesky liberals!lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square157fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down12
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minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago5 million is a small minority in a country of 300 million. 5 million votes means a lot when it’s a close election.
minus-squarekreskin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoProgressives are 8% of the voting population. So they are more like 27 million voters.
minus-squareacargitz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoSounds like the Dems should have pandered better to them then. They had a billion dollars to find out what marginal vote block would give them the edge.
minus-squareEuphorazine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoEven if Dems won Michigan, they still lost Georgia and Pennsylvania. 5 million votes is a lot, but where those votes come from matter in our system
5 million is a small minority in a country of 300 million.
5 million votes means a lot when it’s a close election.
Progressives are 8% of the voting population. So they are more like 27 million voters.
Sounds like the Dems should have pandered better to them then. They had a billion dollars to find out what marginal vote block would give them the edge.
it wasnt close though.
Even if Dems won Michigan, they still lost Georgia and Pennsylvania. 5 million votes is a lot, but where those votes come from matter in our system