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Originally Posted by blankall
Voter turnout in Canada is low too. It's slightly higher than the USA, but not by all that much. From my experience, Americans have a much better knowledge of their history and civics than Canadians do.
The issue with voting has nothing to do with education. The issue is that the liberal/conservative dichotomy doesn't appeal to anyone but people who blindly follow their party of choice for no reason. The liberal/conservative party system is complete BS. The positions they take don't even follow any real ideology. They've taken a random group of issues and packaged them together and then twisted them to promote their own interests. Then they attack the other side's morals instead of focusing on and discussing real issues. For example, you know full well that the reason the racist heat maps coincide with Trump voters is that the cities vote primarily Democrat, and racists are less likely to live in cities.
I actively choose not to vote. And it's not because I'm not educated in the issues or not engaged politically. It's because the candidates that get chosen year over year are entirely distasteful and the parties they run for don't speak to me in any way. I've voted a couple times and they've been throw away protest votes.
Also, where does everyone get this idea that if their were more voters they wouldn't have voted for Trump. If anything the wide discrepancies between the polls and actual votes suggest the opposite. This suggests that a lot of people held their noses and voted for Trump, as the other option had no appeal. It's likely that many of the undecided non-voters would have done the same. It was basically a choice between the ultra-rich capitalist and the crooked politician who allows the ultra-rich capitalist to exist.
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If voting was mandated Trump's margin of victory would've been larger.
There is some belief out there that Trump tapped into a previously uncourted portion of the white male vote while many republicans stayed home rather than cast a vote.
A large part of Trump's support was a voter who traditionally does not vote.
It's an interesting political science notation.