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He won with less than 30% of the populations vote because most Americans decided facism wasn't that bad so they stayed home. People who didn't vote for Harris or encouraged others not to vote for Harris looked at what Trump was selling and decided they'd like to buy.
Don't forget the hundreds of bomb threats against voting locations in blue districts. Or the hundreds of thousands of voters that were de-registered without their knowledge. Or the fact that getting an ID can take up to 6 months, even for a renewal. Or that voting locations were redistributed out of blue cities and into red suburbs.
I'm not sure I buy that teh election was stolen with rigged tabulation. But millions of votes were suppressed, especially in swing states.
Half the country beleives their vote doesn't matter, and based on the data it doesn't.
https://www.npr.org/2020/12/15/945031391/poll-despite-record-turnout-80-million-americans-didnt-vote-heres-why
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2016/03/04/half-of-those-who-arent-learning-about-the-election-feel-their-vote-doesnt-matter/
https://ivn.us/posts/most-american-votes-dont-matter-new-research-highlights-crisis-electoral-representation-2025
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2020/01/17/your-vote-almost-certainly-wont-matter-editorials-debates/4449482002/
I voted because I like the illusion of activism it provides like everyone else, but I know my vote isn't counted and doesn't matter. So I can't blame people when they say they don't care enough to vote.
No, they looked at what Harris was selling, and were justifiably disgusted. I voted against Trump, who is a monsterous PoS, but lets not pretend that Harris was a good candidate.