The 2024 US presidential election had been widely characterized as one of the most consequential political contests in recent US history. Although turnout was high for a presidential election – almost matching the levels of 2020 – it is estimated that close to 90 million Americans, roughly 36% of the eligible voting age population, did not vote. This number is greater than the number of people who voted for either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris.

More than a month on from polling day, eligible US voters from across the country as well as other parts of the world got in touch with the Guardian to share why they did not vote.

Scores of people said they had not turned out as they felt their vote would not matter because of the electoral college system, since they lived in a safely blue or red state. This included a number of people who nonetheless had voted in the 2020 and 2016 elections.

While various previous Democratic voters said they had abstained this time due to the Harris campaign’s stance on Israel or for other policy reasons, a number of people in this camp said they would have voted for the vice-president had they lived in a swing state.

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How you still did not understand that this way of arguing won’t change anyone’s mind?

“Choose between slow sleepwalk to fascism or this rapid honest one”.

I can’t fathom why people put all the blame on the voters. Dems could a and should have done more. Harris got billion dollars for her campaign!

Biden pardoning his son is understandable, but a giant Fuck You to everyone else. He got his, now the rest will live with consequences.

DNC has fucked the USA again and again. How about some blame there.

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I can’t fathom why people put all the blame on the voters

Unreal.

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Most voters don’t have luxuries of having time or education to make deep dives into issues, and are swayed by some nonsense.

And think what you like, it’s usually not something they choose voluntarily or consciously.

I can’t fathom how people point out how ‘pulling yourselves up by the bootstraps’ is BS, and then they point to tired, underpaid, health issue ridden public and say: “you should know not to vote for this!!1!”.

Then Harris panders to the right and the same people don’t understand how she could lose. Really?

AOCs voters said they are tired of the status quo. Something we all know and understand. And we know the DNC will never let go of the status quo. Where does this lead to?

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Most voters don’t have luxuries of having time or education to make deep dives into issues, and are swayed by some nonsense.

Arguably most voters wouldn’t have needed to take a deep dive into issues to see Trump was the worse option, a shallow one at most. A swim would’ve been enough, really.

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AOC’s voters said all sorts of insane, idiotic shit, when she asked why they voted for her but also Trump.

It was trivially easy, and took very little time, to inform yourself about the two options. There is no excuse. People need to take responsibility for their decisions, and blaming everyone but themselves is just copium.

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If it doesn’t change a person’s mind, it’s because they don’t understand it.

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Why would I care about changing anyone’s mind at this point? America is going to be a fascist dictatorship. Any sort of semblance of a free and fair election are over.

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By understanding the problem potential solutions may emerge.

Doomerism helps the owner class, they need you to feel helpless and isolated. Don’t let them win.

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Do you know nothing about Project 2025? You’ve had a long time to learn about it. The whole point is to keep Republicans in power perpetually and remove any need for legitimate elections.

And you think you can vote your way out of that?

(By the way, I love how you’ve gone from “this sort of arguing won’t change anyone’s mind” to “why aren’t you trying to change people’s minds?!?!”)

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