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Buttflapper Nov 9, 2024

"Florida is a conservative Christian state"

"Florida is a conservative Christian state" - Lemmy.World

An actual quote I saw today posted on Twitter: “Florida is a conservative Christian state, and they voted against murdering unborn babies. The democratic process is complete. They can leave if they want to do that.” There’s a lot to unpack there. I also got into an argument with the guy who posted it, who claimed somehow that it’s not ok for Federal government to regulate Women, but if states wants to do it then it’s ok, and they should just leave to another state then. like… wow. America is a strange place

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hperrin Nov 9, 2024

57% of Floridians voted in favor of abortion rights.

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Buttflapper Nov 9, 2024

57% If Floridians voted in favor of abortion rights.

One small correction: 57% of the people who voted, voted in favor. Florida has approximately 22 million people as of the last census. No: 4,547,767 (42.8%) Yes: 6,068,933 (57.2%)

So, approximately 15.93 million people in Florida did not vote, meaning about 27.6% of people in Florida voted… Truly insane to see

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atrielienz Nov 9, 2024

22million people who are eligible to vote? I want to know if that’s everyone who lives in Florida (man women, children, citizens, non-citizens etc), or just eligible voters.

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Buttflapper Nov 9, 2024

I updated my comment, initially I had the wrong figure. I went back to the US Census website, and looked again. Then, I took the number who are over 18 years of age only, and subtracted that out.

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shottymcb

Your updated number is still off by over a million. Not everyone over the age of 18 is eligible to vote. Not that it changes the point much, but you want to look for eligible voters vs over 18.