r/agedlikemilk • u/karmaceuticaI • 19h ago

Curdled.

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u/PixelBrewery 17h ago

No, just 51% of America

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u/make_thick_in_warm 16h ago

Not even

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u/spokenmoistly 15h ago

I would include those who chose not to vote in the stupid portion of the country, about 2/3 of them.

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u/10000Didgeridoos 14h ago

262,083,034 Americans were voting age in 2024 as of last spring.

77 million voted Trump. 75 million or so voted Harris. And 140 million or so didn't vote at all.

So yes, about 217 million Americans either directly voted for this, or enabled it by not voting at all. So the percentage is actually even worse: 82% of voting age Americans.

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u/lord_of_worms 14h ago

This problem was highlighted during his first run at presidency thing. It was hugely publicised and they, the majority of people let it happen again!!

Reminds me of something one of their wise men once said:.
There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.

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u/Bullnose351 5h ago

Absolute favorite W quote. Second is “…now watch this drive!”

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u/spideroncoffein 13h ago

Not to dispute many people being stupid, but your numbers don't seem ro add up.

262M voters.

77M for Trump + 75M for Harris + 140M = 292M

And if you meant to write 292M voters, Trump voters + no-votes would still be "just" 74% of voters.

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u/valuedsleet 13h ago

This math is a bit wrong. 77+75-262=-110 Americans who didn’t vote. That would make it about 71% of eligible voters who voted for Trump or didn’t vote based on these loose numbers. This matches the math of 75/262 million which is .286 or 29% of eligible voters who voted for Harris.

Still, your point is valid. That’s a lot of people who didn’t vote against Trump.

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u/Fontajo 14h ago

I feel like the blame for where we are is much less on the people, and more on biased news agencies and those who allow them to air.

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u/Potential_Warthog_17 14h ago

I’d give the benefit of the doubt to many of them however, with how the education system fails to educate and inform

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u/aguynamedv 13h ago

about 217 million Americans either directly voted for this, or enabled it by not voting at all.

Y'all really need to remember this number includes a whole lot of people who cannot vote. There are also a lot of immigrants who cannot vote.

I get it - we want to blame people. There's more than enough blame to go around though. America as a whole allowed this to happen over the course of 40 years, but America was also slow-walked into it with relentless attacks on education.

IMO, it's better to remember that there is a 100% chance there was election interference that has not been uncovered, or even investigated. Trump and Musk have both made comments on multiple occasions to suggest direct interference. My money is on the "mysterious drones" that immediately disappeared after the election.

All in all, maybe 1/3 of Americans voted for Trump. And of those people, how many do you think have been victim to sophisticated propaganda networks and poor education systems?

I have lots to say about the people who called me "hysterical" for the past 10 years warning of exactly this scenario, but it isn't going to change the reality of what we're facing.

Focus on the real issues - we can't change the past.

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u/Shisshinmitsu 13h ago

That's what they meant by "The Silent Majority", I guess.

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u/koalaprints 12h ago

Hold on, just a small correction. 262 -77 - 75 = 110 million voters who didn't vote at all not 140 million.

(77+110)/262 = 71% not 82%

At least it's not that bad but still. I'd put it at only 29% of eligible voters actually voted for him.