Yeah, both sides amiright?

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        It’s pretty obvious that the Gaza protesters were given disproportionate media coverage because Russia paid for it to be pushed as a wedge issue.

        Even this article is just anti leftist propaganda.

        The actual amount of people that protest voted was a non factor this election. The exact same ratios of Muslims, Jews, and young people voter the same this time as in 2020.

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          The turnout of Democratic voters was lower than it should have been. There are too many variables at play to make any conclusion, but it’s safe to assume that the number of voters who abstained due to the issue was more than zero.

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            I really want to see a credible analysis showing how many of those non-votes were due to abstentions versus voter-suppression mesaures such as electoral-roll purges, overcrowded polling stations, fake challenges at the polls, etc.

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              Most of it was white and hispanic older men staying home.

              Those were the largest demographic shifts.

              We live in a bigoted country that can not vote for a woman

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          It was pretty obvious most Americans don’t care about Gaza, and didn’t let it influence their voting.

          I’ve seen polling prior to the election that asked people about their most important issues when voting.

          https://news.gallup.com/poll/651719/economy-important-issue-2024-presidential-vote.aspx

          The Republican voter’s top issues were the economy, immigration, terrorism/nation security, crime and taxes.

          Meanwhile, the Democrat top issues were US democracy, the supreme court, abortion, healthcare and education.

          Basically, foreign policy was a non issue for voters. Gaza did not factor into most voter’s decisions at all. And of course it doesn’t. When you’re worried about putting food on the table, you can’t afford rent, your bodily autonomy is at stake and your country is going to shit… you’d be silly to vote based on Gaza. Because that’s directly voting against your own interests. Gaza should not have been a large talking point or even at all.

          I think the reason a lot of Democrats stayed home was basically candidate fatigue. They just didn’t feel like voting for a candidate so boring and faceless. And she didn’t have nearly enough time to turn things around. Why bother voting when democratic leadership clearly isn’t taking voters and their actual issues seriously?