return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agoEileen Higgins wins Miami mayoral runoff, breaking 30-year Democratic droughtwww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down10
arrow-up1120arrow-down1external-linkEileen Higgins wins Miami mayoral runoff, breaking 30-year Democratic droughtwww.cbsnews.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square3linkfedilink
minus-squareCorporal_Punishment@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·3 months agoTurnout of about 21% is pathetic. Voting should be mandatory.
minus-squareTheRealKuni@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoWhat’s especially wild is how small the actual city of Miami is. Out of 175,692 registered voters, 37,496 cast ballots on Tuesday, a turnout of 21.3%, according to official records. Turns out the population in the 2020 census was 442,241 people. In a metropolitan area of like 6.5 million people, the city itself is absurdly small.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoBut why vote if 50% of the country doesn’t want democracy?
Turnout of about 21% is pathetic.
Voting should be mandatory.
What’s especially wild is how small the actual city of Miami is.
Turns out the population in the 2020 census was 442,241 people. In a metropolitan area of like 6.5 million people, the city itself is absurdly small.
But why vote if 50% of the country doesn’t want democracy?