ThatOneKrazyKaptain@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 15 days agoWell, Democrats succeeded in expanding the swing state map alright...Mission Accomplished?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down110
arrow-up1102arrow-down1imageWell, Democrats succeeded in expanding the swing state map alright...Mission Accomplished?lemmy.worldThatOneKrazyKaptain@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 15 days agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squaresuperkretlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down22·15 days agoAre those “jaws of victory” in the room with us right now?
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42arrow-down5·15 days agoTrump had his vote count decrease from 2020, despite an increased electorate size. So yes. The jaws of victory were in the room with us, and the Dems fucked it.
minus-squareRubberDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·15 days agoThis information is from election night. The total votes will exceed last time around.
minus-squareThatOneKrazyKaptain@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·15 days ago74,366,055 is higher than 74,223,975 and there’s still 4% of the vote to be counted. And the US Population is basically the same as in 2020 due to COVID offsetting and birth and immigration decline related to it.
minus-squarenjm1314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·14 days agoUS population is up something like 6 million in those four years.
minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·14 days agoNobody born in the last four years got to vote.
minus-squarenjm1314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·14 days agoI think you’ll find there a lot of people though who were alive already in 2020 who reached the age of 18 by 2024.
minus-squareFundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·15 days agoTrump’s vote share increased in swing states, where it mattered. Even Kamala got a higher number of votes than biden in most swing states. The decrease in turnout is pretty much only in safe states.
Are those “jaws of victory” in the room with us right now?
Trump had his vote count decrease from 2020, despite an increased electorate size.
So yes. The jaws of victory were in the room with us, and the Dems fucked it.
This information is from election night. The total votes will exceed last time around.
74,366,055 is higher than 74,223,975 and there’s still 4% of the vote to be counted. And the US Population is basically the same as in 2020 due to COVID offsetting and birth and immigration decline related to it.
US population is up something like 6 million in those four years.
Nobody born in the last four years got to vote.
I think you’ll find there a lot of people though who were alive already in 2020 who reached the age of 18 by 2024.
Trump’s vote share increased in swing states, where it mattered.
Even Kamala got a higher number of votes than biden in most swing states.
The decrease in turnout is pretty much only in safe states.