I think the better question is why a third of Americans didn’t bother to vote against this.
Voter suppresssion was a significant tie breaker. Also keep in mind that a lot of people get shafted by both parties and have given up.
I don’t blame them.
Also keep in mind that a lot of people get shafted by both parties and have given up.
I don’t blame them.
I don’t blame them for feeling shafted, but they do share the responsibility for the current state of things.
You are literally blaming the victims when you say they share responsibility.
A very significant portion of those who didnt vote were just people that couldn’t be bothered. And another significant portion were those who just abstained because Harris wasn’t tough enough on Isreal, and I’m sure those people are happy with that decision now. Palestine will be free any day now, surely. Yes there is a lot of voter suppression, but things were way too close with a lot of people not voting to claim that that made all the difference. They weren’t ALL disenfranchised. Plenty just made a choice not to vote.
So… I do blame them.
things were way too close to claim that that made all the difference.
Votes being close is why voter suppression and not voting for Harris because she wasn’t good enough to use as a vote against Trump had such a big impact.
But in any democracy there will be a significant portion of voters who either aren’t engaged or are unwilling to stand with the available options. You can blame them, but you should really be blaming the Trump voters.
centrists support genocide and then blame everyone but themselves when genocide support isn’t a winning issue outside of their wing of the party.
Voter suppresssion was a significant tie breaker. Also keep in mind that a lot of people get shafted by both parties and have given up.
I don’t blame them.
To be honest, I would be more inclined to accept this if literally every state in the country hadn’t shifted rightward, including deep blue states that not only didn’t engage in voter suppression but also aimed to expand voting rights.
California of all states stared looking competitive. There was no voter suppression going on there.
So you don’t accept that voter suppression is an overall issue in other states because California is expanding voter access?
ok