I like to count vs the population - 77.3 million trump voters in 2024 - vs 340.1 million population. 23%. Still about 20% higher than it should have been, but feels slightly better.
got to remember how bad a lot of aspects of voting in america is. some line up last for so many hours that people can't afford to take time off to wait in. people get kicked off registration without notice so they aren't allowed to even if they show up. mail in ballets getting disqualified for minor inconsistencies. shady "poll workers" attempting to just throw out boxes of ballets before they get counted. the propaganda machine maximizing voter apathy
This is why I laugh at the uneducated who always have a new minority to blame when Democrats lose.
Focus on getting some portion of that ~28 million people to vote? Nah. Better blame it on Sanders supporters in 2016, protest voters in 2024, etc. They never learn.
I'd be open to the idea of deporting people that don't vote. If you aren't going to help us better the country by making a simple vote (one that can be done by mail even), why are you even here?
A lot of people focus on the disenfranchised or lazy but there is a large chunk of those "did not vote" who are people in "safe" districts where their vote doesn't matter one way or another. Either their candidate of choice wins by a landslide every time so they don't feel the need to show up or (and this is more debatable) their candidate of choice loses by a landslide every time such that no amount of turn out could swing it in their favor.
The key numbers: voting age 264.8m, voting eligible 244.7m, registered voters 174m and those that voted, 154m. Numbers taken from Wiki and US census data: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025/2024-presidential-election-">html">https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025/2024-presidential-election-voting-registration-tables.html and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_United_States_presidential_elections
many of these were historically democratic voters who were upset because of the sudden change to the democratic ticket so late in the game...I blame the democrats for LOSING this election that they so clearly had the upper hand with...
Or they were forced to work that day, or they couldn't make the single polling center in a district with thousands of people, or their votes weren't counted or lost in the mail. America discourages its voters in a thousand little ways, apathy or compliance isn't the only answer. Save your rage for the people who actively voted for the end of democracy, and the cartel carrying it out.
Because LOTS of people hate politics, are too busy to vote, think their vote won’t matter, feel political options don’t represent them. So the people who did vote, are mostly not the people in these camps. Find a way to reach those others and you win.
RowanUnderwood
I like to count vs the population - 77.3 million trump voters in 2024 - vs 340.1 million population. 23%. Still about 20% higher than it should have been, but feels slightly better.
Fireninja404
got to remember how bad a lot of aspects of voting in america is. some line up last for so many hours that people can't afford to take time off to wait in. people get kicked off registration without notice so they aren't allowed to even if they show up. mail in ballets getting disqualified for minor inconsistencies. shady "poll workers" attempting to just throw out boxes of ballets before they get counted. the propaganda machine maximizing voter apathy
WeatherWiz
What’s even more crazy is that, I think these have been the highest turnouts of a presidential election ever.
Metallica93
This is why I laugh at the uneducated who always have a new minority to blame when Democrats lose.
Focus on getting some portion of that ~28 million people to vote? Nah. Better blame it on Sanders supporters in 2016, protest voters in 2024, etc. They never learn.
johnxbear
A good chunk of those wanted to vote for trump but we're too scared to actually tie their name to the vote.
RichardPenne
I'd be open to the idea of deporting people that don't vote. If you aren't going to help us better the country by making a simple vote (one that can be done by mail even), why are you even here?
mrthewhitee
A lot of people focus on the disenfranchised or lazy but there is a large chunk of those "did not vote" who are people in "safe" districts where their vote doesn't matter one way or another. Either their candidate of choice wins by a landslide every time so they don't feel the need to show up or (and this is more debatable) their candidate of choice loses by a landslide every time such that no amount of turn out could swing it in their favor.
GussDeBlod
What boggle my mind is that only 1% vote for others.
Mazzy94
It seems to me that their abstentions should be seen as votes, a clear choice of NO.
MattScifiBandit
Charts and graphs without sourced data are useless
d3jake
Yeah, but it shows a point that the imgur community largely agrees with, so it'll get upvoted regardless.
SheepySleepySmuggler
The key numbers: voting age 264.8m, voting eligible 244.7m, registered voters 174m and those that voted, 154m. Numbers taken from Wiki and US census data: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025/2024-presidential-election-">html">https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025/2024-presidential-election-voting-registration-tables.html and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_United_States_presidential_elections
OrkenMork
many of these were historically democratic voters who were upset because of the sudden change to the democratic ticket so late in the game...I blame the democrats for LOSING this election that they so clearly had the upper hand with...
Mazzy94
And their then and now support of a genocide likely contributed as well.
Helixninja333
Don't forget to give credit to the propaganda machine that drives people to be either absolutely hateful or burnt out & apathetic.
WienerBeener
Pretty sure it's the one that achieves the other and does so unintentionally.
FaecalJacksonPollock
They are complicit in allowing fascism to take hold.
Metallica93
A cute and oft-repeated sentiment, but if people aren't reaching out to those people to get them to vote, they are also complicit.
It's sad how many people think democracy stops at voting once ever four years.
RanOutofWit
Or they were forced to work that day, or they couldn't make the single polling center in a district with thousands of people, or their votes weren't counted or lost in the mail. America discourages its voters in a thousand little ways, apathy or compliance isn't the only answer. Save your rage for the people who actively voted for the end of democracy, and the cartel carrying it out.
Omnimorph2112
SF0X
Because LOTS of people hate politics, are too busy to vote, think their vote won’t matter, feel political options don’t represent them. So the people who did vote, are mostly not the people in these camps. Find a way to reach those others and you win.
RichardPenne
Great! Then let's make continued citizenship dependent on doing this one thing - vote!
mrthewhitee
You forgot the ones where their vote genuinely doesn't matter. Where their candidate of choice always wins in a majority.