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    90 million registered voters didn’t vote, the most in US history. Please share what you have that points to the protest vote being a small percentage of that 90 million.

    I’d love to see hard data, if it exists. Not holding my breath.

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        19 hours ago

        You’re assuming the amount of people that signed their little pointless petition is 1:1 with those that actually protest voted because memes told them to.

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            It’s common knowledge that protest voters didn’t vote. It’s even in the name. You are making the claim that it’s an insignificant amount.

            The burden of proof is on the one making the claim. That’s you, buddy.

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              You are making the claim that it’s an insignificant amount.

              Are you making the claim that all 120mn that didn’t vote were protesters?

              Likewise, you cannot make the claim that an entire group is something. You need proof to substantiate your positive claim, not the negative. I have given my proof already

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                12 hours ago

                I don’t know where you get the 120 from, but that’s also not the claim I’m making.

                1. Stop putting words in my mouth.
                2. Leave the strawman alone and read more carefully.
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                    I don’t see 120m anywhere in those links.

                    Here is where the 90m that every other person besides you uses.

                    How Many People Didn’t Vote in the 2024 Election? | National News | U.S. News https://share.google/ghmqy7n78oe6kwvkR

                    Again, stop putting words in my mouth. Please point out anywhere that I said all non voters are protest voters. I’ll give you a second.

                    Oh look at that, I never said that. I simply said that protest voters didn’t vote. Here’s a fun fact, some protest voters also voted third party.

                    Protest voters didn’t vote. That’s what I said and that’s not something you can prove didn’t occur. You are attacking a strawman. Something that is known as fact does not bare the burden of proof.

                    But I’ll give you proof. Do you want to know how I know protest voters didn’t vote for Red or Blue? It’s simple. It’s because they didn’t vote.

                    And as another person pointed out the protest voters accounted for about 10% on the non voters. Which, and I’ll just go ahead and tell you, is a significant percentage.

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      66% turnout rate in 2020 64% turnout rate in 2024

      So about 8 million less voters. Let’s assume there are all protest voters.

      So less than 10% of non voters did so as a protest.