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The last two Republican presidents were installed while receiving less votes than the Democrat. If Democrats had spent the past 23 years blaming a rigged system, and trying to change it, rather than vote-shaming and insulting the general public and their intelligence (by claiming that they don't, in fact, vote more than Republicans), maybe they'd have actually gotten something done by now.
That assumes the idea that they actually want to get anything done other than send out more emails about how your 27 dollars is vital to the fight against fascism.
Yes, and that happened because of the dismal Vote participation.
Election Voting-age population (VAP) Turnout as % of VAP
2008 229,945,000 57.1%
2012 235,248,000 53.8%
2016 249,422,000 54.8%
2020 257,605,088 62.0%
8% was the entire difference between 45 having a second disaster.
No, it happened because we have an extremely stupid system, which was designed by slave owners, racists, sexists and violent criminals (men who raped their slaves, genocidal maniacs, etc) to restrict who is allowed to vote and allow someone who gets less votes to win the presidency, and the democrats have spent a quarter century not saying a word about it despite it happening twice in that period. Please try to focus the blame where it belongs. Well designed modern democracies DO NOT have this problem.
The United States was fundamentally broken, immoral and undemocratic from day one, and no amount of ranting on the internet about how it's the public's fault 250 years later will change that fact. This entire thread exists because people are rapidly losing faith and trust in the legitimacy of the system that was built upon that foundation.