Also a good moment to re-up this piece from October: the myth of the lazy non-voter: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/05/opinion/midterm-election-voter-turnout-photo-id.html …
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Bunch of interesting stats in this Pew survey, but the one I find most fascinating is that 61% of the people who didn't vote now say they wish they had http://www.people-press.org/2018/12/17/most-voters-have-positive-views-of-their-midterm-voting-experiences/?utm_source=adaptivemailer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12-17%20elections&org=982&lvl=100&ite=3599&lea=834626&ctr=0&par=1&trk= …pic.twitter.com/B88tFw0Ogc
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And re-sharing this, also from before the election, speaking in depth with some of the many people who knew they would not vote, about their reasons why: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/03/us/non-voters-midterm-elections.html …
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And this, from Election Day, on first-time voters:https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/06/reader-center/new-voter-turnout-2018-midterm-election.html …
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anyway, back to today's Pew survey, this is like a great big shruggie face. Why don't people vote? Voters: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ http://www.people-press.org/2018/12/17/most-voters-have-positive-views-of-their-midterm-voting-experiences/?utm_source=adaptivemailer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12-17%20elections&org=982&lvl=100&ite=3599&lea=834626&ctr=0&par=1&trk= …pic.twitter.com/gwomnx3wBa
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Hopefully they have learned their lesson. VOTE
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so they get the government they deserve and it does not make them happy? TFB
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And yet in some countries people risk their lives to get the chance to vote.
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Surprised it isn’t HIGHER.
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Isn't hindsight always the first human reaction to a disaster....
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A real democracy. Not.
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