• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Broadly, the poll shows support for Israel and the Biden administration’s handling of the situation ebbing slightly further across the board. The poll shows 31% of U.S. adults approve of Biden’s handling of the conflict, including just 46% of Democrats. That’s as an earlier spike in support for Israel following the Hamas attacks Oct. 7 sags.

    46% of Dems is pretty much 50% of the country…

    I doubt many Republicans think Israel has gone to far.

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      Recheck your math. If we assume Dems are 50% of the country (they aren’t, but lets just assume it) then 46% of 50% should be 23%

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        158,397,726 general election popular votes were cast in 2020.

        81,282,916 went Democrat. 74,223,369 went Republican. 2,891,441 went other.

        The population of the US that was over the age of 18 in 2020 was 258.3 million.

        That means in 2020, 31% of America was Democrat, 29% of America was Republican, 1% percent of America was other, and 39% of America was disenfranchised from the system.

        The majority of Americans, in a democratic election, have rejected the sham that is the modern Federal government.

        The winning “party” is “fuck all of it, its all corrupt.”

        Democracy in America has been dead for a long time.

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        Largest registered voter group is democrats, then independents, then republicans. Democrats are like 38% or something IIRC

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        Even so, it would still only add up to 46% of the total population. By this logic, 108.7% of the country would have to be Democrat.

        I guess it works if the votes are counted the way the Republicans claim they are.