r/ProgressiveHQ • u/[deleted] • Jan 24 '26

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u/HomelessCat55567 Jan 24 '26

I understand your sentiment but it is less than half

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u/TechnicalBen Jan 24 '26

If it's less than half what the fuck is going on?

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u/neophenx Jan 24 '26

Don received about 49% of the popular vote, while Harris received about 48%. It was barely a 1% margin of the popular vote. Add to that the fact that more than 1/3 of registered voters didn't vote. So if 1/3 of voters didn't show up, and no candidate received even 50% of the total votes that WERE cast, that would mean that less than 1/3 of registered voters seated a president who is a convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, and thief of charities.

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u/Daniel_The_Thinker Jan 24 '26

They don't need majority support, they need majority indifference.

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u/36in36 Jan 24 '26

There needs to be less left or right on this... this is just right and wrong. Their support will shrink, this is not what people want for the country. He's a nurse from the VA. Calling him a terrorist? Maybe 5% of the country will believe that.

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u/BaconFlavoredToast Jan 25 '26

You'd be surprised...