Washington Post:

Turnout in the midterm elections reached its second-highest peak in more than a century — only slightly behind the 2018 midterms, during President Donald Trump’s first term — with the greatest number of voters casting ballots in states… Continue reading

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  • DagwoodIII@piefed.social
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    5 days ago

    Where did I say anything about progressives?

    I was pointing out that ‘historic turnout’ is still about half the eligible voters.

    Looks like we’re in the same mode.

    • rumimevlevi@sh.itjust.works
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      5 days ago

      I never said that you mentioned progressives. I am saying that the more progressives win future elections and deliver on their promises, the more people who stopped voting will regain hope and participate.

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        5 days ago

        Sounds like you’re saying Progressives are too stupid to vote in primaries unless they are lead by the hand.

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              4 days ago

              Someone doesn’t remember when exactly that happened in 2016; the DNC ignored the voters and nominated their preferred candidate anyway.

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                4 days ago

                According to official nationwide results, Hillary Clinton earned about 277,628 votes in the first primary and 17,176,331 total votes across all primary and caucus contests, while Bernie Sanders received about 460,030 votes in the first primary and 13,244,224 total votes

                Stop lying. It’s 2026 and information is pretty easy to access.

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              5 days ago

              Many non voters literally voted this midterm because they trusted and believed in change so based on reality if there is more progressive trusted candidates even more people will vote for them but you prefer to complains.