• horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    Low voter turnout is a voter access and apathy issue. Disenfranchised voters tend to not vote and that’s a platform and outreach issue for the DNC. Low voter access is shit that elected dems should put first and foremost in their agenda once elected, but only Abrams and Sanders have talked about election reform since Carter was president.

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      16 days ago

      The apathy is directly tied to the DNC pushing conservative and moderate policies instead of progressive ones. When voters see so little difference between the two parties, where neither party is promising the policies they’re looking for, then they see no point in showing up at the polls.

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      I wish they would prioritize that. It is a bit of a chicken and egg problem currently. Instead we’re losing voter protections from a corrupt SCOTUS, so it is becoming harder to vote overall.