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JumpCrisscrosstoday at 12:44 PM1 replyview on HN

> short of a general strike across impactful industries, I think the current wave of protests won't actually achieve anything

If like another 5% of eligible voters committed to voting every election, minor or not, and committed to calling their electeds on one issue every quarter, we’d likely see a sea change.

The threshold for laziness is very low, currently only 1 in 5 [1]. That’s both annoying and an opportunity.

[1] https://www.governing.com/archive/gov-national-survey-shows-...


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ThrowawayR2today at 2:45 PM

"Bigger turnout in 2024 would have benefited Trump, new survey finds" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/26/2024-election-turno...

The problem is not turnout. What the Democrats seem unable or unwilling to accept is that the American public doesn't agree with their platform and are also unable or unwilling to change their platform to something that voters will elect them for.

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