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nearlyepictoday at 5:15 AM4 repliesview on HN

The average person didn't vote.


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cheesecakegoodtoday at 9:29 AM

That’s not even factually true. Turnout in 2024 was 63.7%[1] of the voting age population. You’re just wrong.

[1] https://ballotpedia.org/Election_results,_2024:_Analysis_of_...

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themacguffinmantoday at 6:04 AM

If you're referring to voters staying home, staying home is a vote for their state's majority. There's no sense in which the average citizen in a democracy is not responsible for the outcome of a democratic vote.

vrganjtoday at 12:04 PM

Not voting is a vote for the status quo.

Not being politically active is a political choice itself.

9devtoday at 10:51 AM

This is categorically wrong, but even then - those that do not vote at all bear even more responsibility, and are traitors to democracy itself. By not participating in shaping it, you're dishonouring everyone that fought and died for your freedom.