Edit: The relative elevation of the states represents the number of electoral college votes
CarbonMop on
Looks like Nevada and Arizona are the only swing states where non-voters were the majority?
Otherwise, non-voters would largely have reinforced the existing outcome of their state
StuffinYrMuffinR on
If only didn’t vote was a real candidate and if it won then both other nominations are removed from ever running again.
eatingpotatochips on
With how bad voter participation is in the U.S., I’d be surprised if Didn’t Vote didn’t win most elections.
blazelet on
The only way you’re going to get more people to vote more reliably is if you switch to the popular vote or proportion electors based on the popular votes in congressional districts like Nebraska and Maine. Those 2 states have some of the highest turnout in the country – 73.9% in Nebraska and 73% in Maine in 2024.
Too many voters believe their vote does not matter due to the electoral college, and they’re largely right.
frankfox123 on
one of the Naturalization Civic questions to become a US citizen:
“What is one **responsibility** that is only for United States citizens?”
and a correct answer is: “vote in a federal election”
oeeiae on
If reposts were a candidate
u/eon_james is a content thief
Zero_Burn on
Imagine if “Didn’t Vote” was considered a candidate, and if they won, we had to go another round of voting until someone actually got the majority of the votes.
paperrblanketss on
Nice to finally see some representation
Rohaidga on
I’d be very curious to see what “couldn’t vote” looks like. and not because of age or citizenship, but disenfranchisement.
DigitalArbitrage on
Every state that isn’t a “swing state” should change their electoral college delegate system to match Nebraska and Maine (where delegates are split based on votes).
The major political parties don’t care about the interests of those other states, because they aren’t at risk during election time.
Kon-Tiki66 on
Seems this is a good measure of voter enthusiasm by party.
mediumokra on
So how about getting us a decent candidate that we would want to vote for? Maybe then we’ll vote.
fattybunter on
Historically this was a great turnout. Check out the turnouts going back to the 60s…..
cvbarnhart on
Biden beat “didn’t vote” in 2020 but then party elites pushed him out, handing the election to Trump. 🤷♂️
aeropickles on
You’ve been served. What a waste of pearls for pigs.
ahaggardcaptain on
We need to ride ourselves of the archaic practice of the electoral college and mandate a vote from everyone I don’t care if you write in Mickey the Mouse you should have to vote. It should be a federal holiday and all businesses should be closed for the occasion.
Beechlander on
What about the candidate “Citizen Lost Voting Privileges”?
jrow96_ on
This answers why Harris didn’t win
DizzySkunkApe on
Was this changed from yesterday or will we expect to see it daily?
its0matt on
I personally Didn’t Vote because i am not choosing between the lesser of 2 evils.
Jets237 on
Hey look – it seems like when politicians only focus on swing states those are the only ones that turn out…
fun!
eyaf20 on
Honestly we might be better off with no president at all for the next four years. Just leave it vacant lol
Pelowtz on
Copy paste from every election.
This would be more interesting county by county. Then we could tell (maybe)if the results may have changed
SkateboardCZ on
People are incentivized not to vote in states with a clear winner from the start (CA NY) and in many swing states, did not vote is not the winner.
YouLearnedNothing on
It’s odd that this many people didn’t vote and trump got the highest number of votes for a republican, ever..
Outrageous_Chart_35 on
This is breaking my brain.
Cold-Permission-5249 on
Not Sure for President 2028
mvw2 on
There should be one randomly selected person who wins the presidency when this happens.
FifthRendition on
I think the real question here is why people didn’t vote.
czubizzle on
For the millionth time, just because you didn’t vote D/R doesn’t mean you didn’t vote
dletter on
I’ll note that 5 of the 7 swing states didn’t have didn’t vote win… amazing what feeling like you actually have a say in the election will get people out to vote.
andrewclarkson on
I want to see what it would look like if “none of the above” was an option.
NegativeBee on
New England looking like Giga Chad as per usual
blodskaal on
Wish people actually went to vote instead of…not.
buckleyc on
Proposal for new Voted Electoral Count System (VECS):
>If a represented State fails to muster a voted majority of ballots at the polls (i.e., the winner of a given election has received the majority of votes and that majority is also larger than the number of the voting-eligible population who did not cast a ballot in the election), then the State forfeits their electoral votes to the result of the popular vote of the combined States which successfully decided on a candidate from majority voter turn out.
In this case, if the state is yellow in color above, then that state will cede its electoral votes, which will be allocated to the winner of the popular vote results of the States that are decidedly red and blue above.
I have not run the numbers for this proposal, and GOP might still come out on top; this is just a proposal to not reward states with elevated voter apathy.
xRememberTheCant on
Let’s make a new rule
If the electorate is like this, the two party members both lose: both parties have to go back to the drawing board and produce a new candidate
The acting president will be a Labrador Retriever until the new one can be sworn in
InncnceDstryr on
I’m sure this isn’t the sub or post for this question but the post made me think it so I’m asking anyway.
Why do states assign all of their electoral college votes to the winner of the popular vote in that state?
When they have numerous votes, why don’t the assign them proportionally to the candidates based on their share of votes?
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Data: U. Florida Election Lab: [https://election.lab.ufl.edu/](https://election.lab.ufl.edu/) US Election Atlas [https://uselectionatlas.org/2024.php](https://uselectionatlas.org/2024.php)
Tools: GIS
Edit: The relative elevation of the states represents the number of electoral college votes
Looks like Nevada and Arizona are the only swing states where non-voters were the majority?
Otherwise, non-voters would largely have reinforced the existing outcome of their state
If only didn’t vote was a real candidate and if it won then both other nominations are removed from ever running again.
With how bad voter participation is in the U.S., I’d be surprised if Didn’t Vote didn’t win most elections.
The only way you’re going to get more people to vote more reliably is if you switch to the popular vote or proportion electors based on the popular votes in congressional districts like Nebraska and Maine. Those 2 states have some of the highest turnout in the country – 73.9% in Nebraska and 73% in Maine in 2024.
Too many voters believe their vote does not matter due to the electoral college, and they’re largely right.
one of the Naturalization Civic questions to become a US citizen:
“What is one **responsibility** that is only for United States citizens?”
and a correct answer is: “vote in a federal election”
If reposts were a candidate
u/eon_james is a content thief
Imagine if “Didn’t Vote” was considered a candidate, and if they won, we had to go another round of voting until someone actually got the majority of the votes.
Nice to finally see some representation
I’d be very curious to see what “couldn’t vote” looks like. and not because of age or citizenship, but disenfranchisement.
Every state that isn’t a “swing state” should change their electoral college delegate system to match Nebraska and Maine (where delegates are split based on votes).
The major political parties don’t care about the interests of those other states, because they aren’t at risk during election time.
Seems this is a good measure of voter enthusiasm by party.
So how about getting us a decent candidate that we would want to vote for? Maybe then we’ll vote.
Historically this was a great turnout. Check out the turnouts going back to the 60s…..
Biden beat “didn’t vote” in 2020 but then party elites pushed him out, handing the election to Trump. 🤷♂️
You’ve been served. What a waste of pearls for pigs.
We need to ride ourselves of the archaic practice of the electoral college and mandate a vote from everyone I don’t care if you write in Mickey the Mouse you should have to vote. It should be a federal holiday and all businesses should be closed for the occasion.
What about the candidate “Citizen Lost Voting Privileges”?
This answers why Harris didn’t win
Was this changed from yesterday or will we expect to see it daily?
I personally Didn’t Vote because i am not choosing between the lesser of 2 evils.
Hey look – it seems like when politicians only focus on swing states those are the only ones that turn out…
fun!
Honestly we might be better off with no president at all for the next four years. Just leave it vacant lol
Copy paste from every election.
This would be more interesting county by county. Then we could tell (maybe)if the results may have changed
People are incentivized not to vote in states with a clear winner from the start (CA NY) and in many swing states, did not vote is not the winner.
It’s odd that this many people didn’t vote and trump got the highest number of votes for a republican, ever..
This is breaking my brain.
Not Sure for President 2028
There should be one randomly selected person who wins the presidency when this happens.
I think the real question here is why people didn’t vote.
For the millionth time, just because you didn’t vote D/R doesn’t mean you didn’t vote
I’ll note that 5 of the 7 swing states didn’t have didn’t vote win… amazing what feeling like you actually have a say in the election will get people out to vote.
I want to see what it would look like if “none of the above” was an option.
New England looking like Giga Chad as per usual
Wish people actually went to vote instead of…not.
Proposal for new Voted Electoral Count System (VECS):
>If a represented State fails to muster a voted majority of ballots at the polls (i.e., the winner of a given election has received the majority of votes and that majority is also larger than the number of the voting-eligible population who did not cast a ballot in the election), then the State forfeits their electoral votes to the result of the popular vote of the combined States which successfully decided on a candidate from majority voter turn out.
In this case, if the state is yellow in color above, then that state will cede its electoral votes, which will be allocated to the winner of the popular vote results of the States that are decidedly red and blue above.
I have not run the numbers for this proposal, and GOP might still come out on top; this is just a proposal to not reward states with elevated voter apathy.
Let’s make a new rule
If the electorate is like this, the two party members both lose: both parties have to go back to the drawing board and produce a new candidate
The acting president will be a Labrador Retriever until the new one can be sworn in
I’m sure this isn’t the sub or post for this question but the post made me think it so I’m asking anyway.
Why do states assign all of their electoral college votes to the winner of the popular vote in that state?
When they have numerous votes, why don’t the assign them proportionally to the candidates based on their share of votes?