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minus-squareBronzebeard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoThe problem is, there often more than a million people in that state all thinking the same thing, that their vote doesn’t matter. Well, they’ve self fulfilled by taking themselves out of the equation.
minus-squarecallouscomic@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down7·edit-22 months agoThat’s an unproveable negative, and a strawman. An easy enough target for a crappy argument.
minus-squareNaibofTabr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoIt’s not really unprovable when we know that on average less than 50% of eligible voters actually vote.
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoIf only we could all people why they didn’t vote. Oh wait, we have! There’s hundreds of polls asking people their reasons.
The problem is, there often more than a million people in that state all thinking the same thing, that their vote doesn’t matter. Well, they’ve self fulfilled by taking themselves out of the equation.
That’s an unproveable negative, and a strawman. An easy enough target for a crappy argument.
It’s not really unprovable when we know that on average less than 50% of eligible voters actually vote.
If only we could all people why they didn’t vote. Oh wait, we have! There’s hundreds of polls asking people their reasons.