• Reygle@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Other way to read this headline:

    36% of Americans are equal parts moronic and clinically insane

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      1 year ago

      74 million people voted for him in 2020…which is about 22% of the population of the US in 2020. Now 36% would support him. I realize the two numbers aren’t directly comparable because only 67% of the people who could vote in 2020 did (and that was the highest it has been since 1980), but it’s still not a great feeling.

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      1 year ago

      Yep we need mental health funding. It’s still a ridiculous % given how crappy our voting system is.

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      1 year ago

      I feel like ~1 in 3 people being selfish assholes kind of checks out, though. It’s a trend I really noticed during Covid.