• DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online
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    6 days ago

    Cool! Key takeaway for me from this is Trump didn’t get more popular, Dems just got way less popular. Kind of brings a bit of my hope in humanity back a little

    • TheFriar@lemm.ee
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      5 days ago

      It’s actually crazy to see how little his numbers changed. Like, in the grand scheme of things, they didn’t change at all. 500,000 more people. Across the country. That’s nominal.

      If the democrats continue to push this narrative that “swing voters” decided this election, we know we are well and truly fucked.

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      5 days ago

      The fact people couldn’t be bothered still destroyed my hope. I know people who didn’t vote because of single issues like gaza. Well not voting sure helped the situation.

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      5 days ago

      When the final count is done, the sad news is that he did get more popular. And the wildest thing is the demographics that he got more popular with.

  • FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 days ago

    Ummm we still have like 5 million votes to count in california alone, stop posting incomplete statistics as if they are comparable to previous years full statistics

    • LovableSidekick@lemmy.world
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      Ummm the votes aren’t counted but they have been received and accepted, which means the voters’ names and parties are known. We were getting numbers of voters by party for weeks before election day as mail-in ballots were received. But you’re getting a lot of upvotes so clearly you must be right anyway.

  • Windex007@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Although I’ve been pointing at these numbers as well, it’s worth noting that the effects of the electoral college is still important.

    Dem votes were up in PA and GA from 2020. Maybe other swing states as well, haven’t looked. Trump’s just went up more.

    Either way, I think all of the brilliant minds who decided to withhold their votes for Kamala for whatever reason maybe weren’t being very pragmatic given the reality of the binary outcome set.

  • morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com
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    6 days ago

    Soooo I thought they were still counting some states? Not enough to change the outcome, but perhaps enough to change assessments about voter engagement.

    • Tower@lemm.ee
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      6 days ago

      Yes and no. California isn’t done, along with a few others. The numbers will continue to go up for both of them, and Harris will close the gap, but all in all it won’t change things too much.

  • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
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    6 days ago

    Cool but pop vote means nothing in presidential election. The missing Dems were all from states that don’t matter thanks to the electoral college. Harris did nearly as well, or even better than 2020 Biden in the key swing states, and of the ones she didn’t do better than 2020 Biden she could have done just as well and still been beaten by 2024 Trump, who got more votes in those swing states.