It’s really not. Let’s go through some basic stats:
There are 330 million Americans
There are 258 million adults
There are 161 million registered voters
Of those, less than 1/2 vote in midterms and less than 2/3 vote in presidential elections
Of those, only around half vote Republican and that includes independents
If we include the Republican leaning independents, that number comes out to around 40 million to 50 million people depending on the election cycle. That’s 12-15% of all Americans, 15-19% of all adults, 24-31% of registered voters, and around 50% of active voters. Keep in mind, this includes independents, if we only includes partisan identified Republicans, all these percentages would be lower. Keep in mind, this includes the very small minority of reasonable Republicans like Adam Kinzinger or Mitt Romney.
The reality is that the Trump and his brand of fascism is pretty unpopular. People mistakenly think that the country is split 50/50, but that’s not true. While most people dislike both Trump and Biden, the amount of people who actively like either is very small. But that’s how far right and far left movements gain power, not through popularity but through technicalities, violence, and the zealously of a propaganda fueled base of supporters. This is why it is so important to try and get people who are usually disconnected with politics to tune in and vote against these extremists.
Probably the mild centrist bent to the comment I’d imagine, and also the fact that it’s in response to a comment saying fascism is pretty popular, saying that it’s not. People like their persecution complexes.
Yeah but thats quite different from bread and butter. That 40 to 50 million is like 1/14th of the country. Doesn’t seem like much in that context. Definitely not a majority.
this is kind of an overstatement though, right?
fascism is pretty popular rn.
It’s really not. Let’s go through some basic stats:
If we include the Republican leaning independents, that number comes out to around 40 million to 50 million people depending on the election cycle. That’s 12-15% of all Americans, 15-19% of all adults, 24-31% of registered voters, and around 50% of active voters. Keep in mind, this includes independents, if we only includes partisan identified Republicans, all these percentages would be lower. Keep in mind, this includes the very small minority of reasonable Republicans like Adam Kinzinger or Mitt Romney.
The reality is that the Trump and his brand of fascism is pretty unpopular. People mistakenly think that the country is split 50/50, but that’s not true. While most people dislike both Trump and Biden, the amount of people who actively like either is very small. But that’s how far right and far left movements gain power, not through popularity but through technicalities, violence, and the zealously of a propaganda fueled base of supporters. This is why it is so important to try and get people who are usually disconnected with politics to tune in and vote against these extremists.
Why is this down voted so heavily? These seems pretty correct to me. People on here dont realize how many people are disconnected from it all.
Probably the mild centrist bent to the comment I’d imagine, and also the fact that it’s in response to a comment saying fascism is pretty popular, saying that it’s not. People like their persecution complexes.
if 40 to 50 million people watched some series you can say its pretty popular. its more than enough to build fascism, thats for sure.
Yeah but thats quite different from bread and butter. That 40 to 50 million is like 1/14th of the country. Doesn’t seem like much in that context. Definitely not a majority.
considering a minority even cares, this is enough to build fascism, and they are.
This is why getting out and actually voting matters.
as shown by the last years, it really stopped fascism from happening, right
Like I’ve said. We beat the orange, first thing we do is get to implementing ranked choice. You can doom all you want. But thats not gonna help.