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Based on the turnout you have 36% who silently approves the result since they didn’t turn up for the election.

Followed by 32% of the voting population which strongly approves of the result.

The ”not all of us” is a very tempting copout but it is quite evident that the American psyche is in general aligned with Trump.

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Very convenient that you are able to rebrand apathy as approval. They're not actually the same, however.

Your intentions don't matter, only your actions. The fact is that about two thirds of the population voted that they were okay with a Trump presidency, and slightly less than that with a Harris presidency.

If you don't vote, don't complain about the outcome. It is de facto approval with the result regardless of how one spins it.

If you believe the system to be flawed there is no hypocrisy in not engaging with it while simultaneously denouncing the outcome. For instance, I am vehemently opposed to the outcomes produced by a defacto two-party system so for my entire adult life I have exclusively voted for 3rd party candidates on principle. In practice this is akin to not voting at all. I have been accused on multiple occasions of failing to prevent the 'bad' two-party candidate from winning by 'wasting' my vote. Nevertheless, I find it well within my wheelhouse to cast critique.

You’re wrong. You have, at best, wasted votes your whole life.

But hey, you get to pretend it’s some moral high ground, so, yay! Nice job.

I think you're totally right if they're in a swing state, but it's less clear otherwise.

Well, as I said, your opinion is one I have heard before. If you have some deeper reasoning or insight to share I would love to hear it.

What if you were disenfranchised? This happened to me before, due to residency and main-in ballot rules. This may be a significant number of non-voters.

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