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So why did they win? (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

The majority of Americans who voted, at least in the swing states, have voted for the republicans. Why? Do the republican policies reflect popular opinion? Or is it that their vibes are more aligned with the public? Or maybe people are worse off now than they were 4 years ago and are hoping to turn back time? As a non-american I don't quite get it. People must think their lives will materially improve under the republicans, but why?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 49 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Somewhere between forty and seventy percent of American adults do not demonstrate comprehensive English literacy meaning they can technically read and write but the ability to recall, analyze, reference, or think critically about text is at or below the level we expect twelve year olds to read at. This is not a matter of them being able to read words on a page, it's a matter of them being able to think. America makes a lot more sense when you realize this.

Final tallies aren't in but it seems like significantly over half the population also did not participate in this election.

[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago

Final tallies aren't in but it seems like significantly over half the population also did not participate in this election.

Hope to see the day when that number is 90% inshallah