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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  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    Now make voting an obligation. Make a holiday for it, and its required that everyone over 18 votes

    The Republican party will never ever recover from that one

  • gastroglizzy@piefed.social
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    If you take any election in the US, you can determine the winner with over 80% accuracy just by looking at voter turnout.

    Republicans are very good at convincing their base to vote consistently. Combine that with election interference and gerrymandering, and that’s what you get. Dems only win when enough people get fed up with Republicans to show up and vote them out.

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    Crazy it’s only surpassed by 2018 midterms. That can only mean Republicans stayed home. Good, read a fucking book and educate yourselves.