PorcoJan 26, 2025

Trump Lost. Vote Suppression Won.

https://feddit.org/post/7237719

Trump Lost. Vote Suppression Won. - feddit.org

“If the purges [of potential voters], challenges and ballot rejections were random, it wouldn’t matter. It’s anything but random. For example, an audit by the State of Washington found that a Black voter was 400% more likely than a white voter to have their mail-in ballot rejected. Rejection of Black in-person votes, according to a US Civil Rights Commission study in Florida, ran 14.3% or one in seven ballots cast.” “[…] Democracy can win* despite the 2.3% suppression headwind. And that’s our job as Americans: to end the purges, the vigilante challenges, the ballot rejections and the attitude that this is all somehow OK.”

Show threadVerdant Banana

get the fuck out of here with this horseshit

both parties Democrats and Republicans both use voter suppression based on what their check writers want

for example there is bipartisan efforts to keep United States citizens locked up for a list of nonviolent offences such as Bidens tough crime bills and now immigrants and women are on the list too

the education system is also used to suppress votes - no democracy without a properly funded education system

bipartisan effort to keep the minimum wage at $7.25 is another way to suppress votes - tired, overworked people do not vote with an informed healthy mind thus subverting democracy more

state of healthcare is another way voters are suppressed - health people would not vote for the current state of things

the politicians’ check writers also suppress by controlling the media that is consumed along with the entirety of culture deleting content as needed to keep us in line

and the list goes on we need to throw both parties out and start fresh

Jan 26, 2025 at 12:11pmWeb
Show threaddeurJan 26, 2025
Both parties this both parties that, why don’t you try using both sides of your own brain.
Show threadKecessaJan 26, 2025
Funny how all the bipartisan stuff they mention truly is Republican stuff…
Show threadfutatoriusJan 26, 2025
It’s also amusing that they don’t seem to know what voter suppression is.
Show threadcurbstickleJan 26, 2025
They won’t. All they post is “both sides!@!#&$+$($:” over and over again.
Show threadKnock_Knock_Lemmy_InJan 26, 2025

Because both parties use voter suppression to their advantage

nbcnews.com/…/new-hampshire-attorney-general-accu…

New Hampshire attorney general accuses DNC of voter suppression

New Hampshire's attorney general sent a cease-and-desist order to the Democratic National Committee, accusing it of voter suppression ahead of the 2024 primary.

NBC News
Show threadTooManyFoodsJan 26, 2025
While many of those things may effect people’s ability to vote, how many of them target republican voters? I’m pretty sure that’s what “this shit” that you want them to “fuck out of here with” is talking about.
Show threadxmunkJan 26, 2025

Reading through their list I can think of specific examples for each point on each side (except the education point though that may be more local or referring to something less specific i.e. religious charter school support) - though that isn’t to imply equality. On most of these points Republicans are pretty clearly worse generally speaking…

Still, I think it was an interesting comment because, while a lot of people dismissed it out of hand, it isn’t wrong to highlight that both sides are guilty of all (except education) these things and to excise this rot will take a lot of effort.

Show threadJayK117Jan 26, 2025
I guess the 78 voters suppression laws red states introduced is exactly the same as the 0 suppression laws blue states introduced.
Show threadVerdant BananaJan 28, 2025

of course not the blue states have to word their suppression laws differently

if both parties appeared to be the same then they could not continue this charade we call US elections

both parties are bought and paid for by the same oligarchs but if they acted like they were for the same thing then citizens would catch on even with an underfunded education system and we have to keep the bread and circuses going for as long as possible

Show threadYipper46Jan 28, 2025

Keep in mind that minimum wage makes it harder to get a job in the first place (supply and demand) and a higher minimum wage causes inflation.

Just… something to note there. If minimum wage wasn’t so high more 16 year Olds would get jobs while they still live with their parents and can afford having low wages - so they have experience later.

Effectively what we have right now is a paradox where you need experience to get a job, but every job requires a certain amount of experience. This is because of the minimum wage, companies literally cannot afford to train people on the job.