2d ago

Why do people say more people didnt vote for trump than did?

and why doesn't everybody vote? I don't understand why it isn't mandatory i think everyone should have to, men, women, and children. If you can read the ballot, you should be able to vote. I know my nephew wouldn't have voted for trump and he's 10!

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why doesn’t everybody vote?
Same reason why most people want to get out of jury duty 🙄
- restrictive voting laws making it impossible (usually targeting minorities. I.e. voter id laws.)
  lack of time. People work. Roughly 2/3’s can’t get time off, the others are sleeping or are stay at home parents (and kids at a polling place? Nightmare fuel.)
  lack of available early or mail in voting
  frequently fucked up poling locations, making it an all-day thing in some places (which works with lack of time,)
  general voter apathy (“both sides!!!”)
- Are employers mandated to give a half-day for voting? That’s been the case for me in Canada.
  
  I believe you can't be retaliated against for taking off time to vote but your employer isn't required to compensate you for time spent voting.
  
  The real question is why the hell Americans (including Canadian it seems) don't vote on Sunday like the rest of the world ? So people do not work, problem solved
  
  People work on Sunday tho?
- but jury duty can take weeks, voting only takes an afternoon and you can skip work for it
  
  Depending on where you are… it can take an entire day in some places.
  Also, for the record we’ve had Nazis showing up armed for a few elections now… and bomb threats were a new novelty.

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