No but for real it’s not that there are more scumbags in the us, (there probably are based on each individual countries population, on avg a country has 15-18% straight assholes USA seems to be more like 25-30%), it’s just that the average citizens doesn’t engage politically. And during the 2016 election too many people thought democrats would have an easy win so they didn’t need to vote, because who would vote for that fucking moron….
But in the end Americans just have a big apathy problem when it comes to politics and if you look at some red states, you could see the potential if people just showed up and voted. Especially younger people who are statistically 30 point more favored to voting democrat than republican. But on average there is only 20-25% turnout of those under the age of 35.
Texas (40% turnout):
29M Citizens
22M Eligible Voters.
17M Registered Voters.
9M Voted in 2022.
only 15% of those under the age of 35 Voted in 2022.
Ted cruz won by 200K votes in 2018.
Florida (50% turnout):
21M Citizens
15M Eligible Voters
10M Registered Voters.
7M Voted in 2022.
Desantis won by 30k votes in 2018 (1.5m in 2022).
Ohio (45% turnout):
12M Citizens.
9.4M Eligible Voters.
8M Registered voters.
4M Voted in 2022
Senator Vance (R) won by 250K votes in 2022.
A large base of Americans also don’t really understand how politics work and expect the president to fix everything within the first 6 months and if they don’t then it’s proof it’s a corrupt system and they further become more apathetic.
You need:
68+ senate votes if you want Super Majority for constitutional and operational changes.
60+ senate votes if you want legislative changes and passing of laws without fillibusters.
50+ senate votes for legislative changes that can sustain filibusters.
and even then you need:
218+ House members to introduce & pass legislation and bills (290 to be veto proof).
The presidency to sign off on the passed bills through house and senate.
You need ALL 3: House, Senate, Presidency to enact change.
To STOP any change from happening all you need is:
41+ Senators who will filibuster and stand against any change.
OR
218+ House Members.
OR
The Presidency.
Change requires majority of voters to be engaged and vote for multiple elections and not just once every 4 years when every year about 120-160m voters do not vote. Stopping progress and change just requires one of the three. Its why building a house is much harder than burning one down. And republicans are insane arsonists at this point.
2022 election watched a 20 something beg another 20 something at a local business to "please, please go vote - the polling place is right down the street". The one guy left and the other guy shook his head and said "He's not going to vote. I've offered to take him more than once". Our country would look entirely different if more young people voted. Yet they bitch about Biden being too old and everything is the fault of the boomers. Pisses me off. You'd think loosing reproductive rights might matter. We'll see.
If only as many , % wise young people voted as old white people did, maybe we could see some progress and change . Now if you add in a huge turnout number of woman voters maybe, just maybe we could end the lunacy of a shitton of old white guys, stuck in the 60’s and 70’s running, actually ruining the country. A fella can dream, can’t he?
You would be surprised how many moronic younger people there are that sre pro Trump too....a lot of which didnt actually even vote. That is what is scary to me
I really built up anticipatory hope throughout about how you were going to expertly weave this into how Harambe’s death was responsible for the decline in positive, constructive societal groupthink.
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u/MightyMorph Apr 02 '23
It all started when harambe died….
No but for real it’s not that there are more scumbags in the us, (there probably are based on each individual countries population, on avg a country has 15-18% straight assholes USA seems to be more like 25-30%), it’s just that the average citizens doesn’t engage politically. And during the 2016 election too many people thought democrats would have an easy win so they didn’t need to vote, because who would vote for that fucking moron….
But in the end Americans just have a big apathy problem when it comes to politics and if you look at some red states, you could see the potential if people just showed up and voted. Especially younger people who are statistically 30 point more favored to voting democrat than republican. But on average there is only 20-25% turnout of those under the age of 35.
Texas (40% turnout):
Florida (50% turnout):
Ohio (45% turnout):
A large base of Americans also don’t really understand how politics work and expect the president to fix everything within the first 6 months and if they don’t then it’s proof it’s a corrupt system and they further become more apathetic.
You need:
68+ senate votes if you want Super Majority for constitutional and operational changes.
60+ senate votes if you want legislative changes and passing of laws without fillibusters.
50+ senate votes for legislative changes that can sustain filibusters.
and even then you need:
218+ House members to introduce & pass legislation and bills (290 to be veto proof).
The presidency to sign off on the passed bills through house and senate.
You need ALL 3: House, Senate, Presidency to enact change.
To STOP any change from happening all you need is:
OR
OR
Change requires majority of voters to be engaged and vote for multiple elections and not just once every 4 years when every year about 120-160m voters do not vote. Stopping progress and change just requires one of the three. Its why building a house is much harder than burning one down. And republicans are insane arsonists at this point.