First, I don’t think Georgia is a good example cause that was a battleground state. Sure it was historically red, but the polls were close enough to make that state matter. If you live in a battleground state, congrats, your vote matters!
Second, I think you’re giving a very idealistic perspective. If all of those 700k people voted, what percent of them do you honestly believe would go for Harris? 75% of them? Probably not even enough to bring Harris to over the current 748k number.
And to the people that didn’t vote, where voting is not necessarily an easy thing to do, and where they will probably struggle regardless of who wins, they will do that same math and come to the conclusion that voting is more work than it’s worth.
I just think it is wrong to put the blame on them, when the real enemy is the electoral college.
And if that decided our elections, then I would be 100% in your side. Everybody in every state needs to vote, or they are in support of whomever wins. How many people in Mississippi would have voted if they knew they were going against the nationwide popular vote, and not just the republicans in their state?
Your guess is as good as any! Democratic outreach would be 100% different than it is now. Instead of the random battleground states getting all the attention it would be a national “get out the vote” type campaign. I think it would be a much higher turnout.
Either way, until then, I’d sooner blame the electoral college for Trump than the people in non battleground states that did not vote.
First, I don’t think Georgia is a good example cause that was a battleground state. Sure it was historically red, but the polls were close enough to make that state matter. If you live in a battleground state, congrats, your vote matters!
Second, I think you’re giving a very idealistic perspective. If all of those 700k people voted, what percent of them do you honestly believe would go for Harris? 75% of them? Probably not even enough to bring Harris to over the current 748k number.
And to the people that didn’t vote, where voting is not necessarily an easy thing to do, and where they will probably struggle regardless of who wins, they will do that same math and come to the conclusion that voting is more work than it’s worth.
I just think it is wrong to put the blame on them, when the real enemy is the electoral college.
Trump won the pv in 2024…
And if that decided our elections, then I would be 100% in your side. Everybody in every state needs to vote, or they are in support of whomever wins. How many people in Mississippi would have voted if they knew they were going against the nationwide popular vote, and not just the republicans in their state?
Honestly, if that is the only reason that motivates you to vote or not? I’d say approximately 1.214milliom.
Your guess is as good as any! Democratic outreach would be 100% different than it is now. Instead of the random battleground states getting all the attention it would be a national “get out the vote” type campaign. I think it would be a much higher turnout.
Either way, until then, I’d sooner blame the electoral college for Trump than the people in non battleground states that did not vote.