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In reply to the discussion: Brainwashing of the USA [View all]ancianita
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Because the numbers I find don't support that claim.
If you don't have numbers, aren't you promoting a negative stereotype of Americans? Gotta say, that's kinda like makin' stuff up. You can dread the next four years -- many of us do -- but don't let fear create your perspective on reality.
Here's a poll on Jan 6 from a year ago -- first, the general population, the second, the maga population
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-opinion-poll-republican-disapproval-wanes-2024-01-06/
Those are the latest poll numbers I can find. If you have more recent, lower ones to support your claim, by all means post them.
Keep in mind that those numbers sit beside the voting numbers context of 2024.
By the numbers, TCF won 49% of the vote. Not a mandate.
https://www.cookpolitical.com/vote-tracker/2024/electoral-college
Total actual voting age population = 259,454,702 That number is the U.S. voting electorate.
Breaking that down, the total actual voting age population 2024 minus undocumented immigrants (12.5 mill est'd)
and minors ( 74,112,182 mill per https://data.unicef.org/how-many/how-many-children-under-18-are-there-in-the-us/#= 259,454,702 (as of 11/04/24)
Total Registereds as of Nov 5 2024 = 188,364,114
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/number-of-registered-voters-by-state
Of the Registereds, only 155,211,283 voted. Which means that 82% of registereds voted and 18% didn't; so...
overall, 59% of the qualified voter electorate voted, and 41% didn't. The electorate are 75% of the total us population.
Democrats are part of the 77% of Americans that weren't brainwashed in 2020 and they're not brainwashed today.
They won't be brainwashed by 2026, either.
Your claim that "the majority of the country seems to believe [Jan 6] didn't happen" is fearful fantasy.
Jan 6 is a fact of American history and the Congressional Record.
Just because you don't hear Americans or media talking about Jan 6 every day doesn't mean they're being brainwashed.
Don't worry yourself or other Dems by spreading a narrative OP that's not fact based. Don't do that.
Suggestion: Look for the helpers.
https://thefederalnewswire.com/stories/665892188-litigation-coalition-forming-to-confront-trump-administration-policies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Alliance
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/11/07/10-democratic-thinkers-on-what-the-party-needs-right-now-00187993
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