I don't know about that. A lot of us horrid White Males in New York voted for Biden.

Uummmm, what? Such BS!

@BitFlipper This was shown from electoral voting analysis. Adding White females turn a few North Eastern states for Biden. I'm sure if you can be bothered to look you will find that I am correct.
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Because there are no newspapers, TVstations, etc in other languages anywhere?

50% of the population have an IQ of 100 or less. Many of these people are easily influenced by anything appealing to the prejudices. Likely most of their preferences are due to false information. Trump fed lies and was believed. He enhanced the wealthy but drew most praise from those he did not help at all.

@AnneWimsey Exactly, and they would only vote for things that benefited their tribes. In order for a democracy to work a majority has to be literate. Literacy involves more than reading and writing it involves knowing the issues/politicians in the country you are living.

It should not be a numbers game. It should be an information game.

@JackPedigo It needs to be both. Suppression of voters is a ultra-cynical kind of numbers game that must be countered. Millions of people living in their alternative-facts universe is also a result of decades of cynical misinfornation gamesmanship on the part of leaders on the Right.

@MikeInBatonRouge Still, knowledge should come first. Too many ignorant people vote using what I call a coin toss vote.

@JackPedigo so basically you’re saying that there should be a voter intelligence test. Before you can vote for a candidate, you need to answer a few questions on what their position is on certain issues? Or a voter school, where you go to study up on the background and postions of all the candidates? Or perhaps an originalist who wants to return to the original Constitutional language that only land owners are permitted to vote?
In the day and age informed voting relies on truckloads of totally biased information on candidates who are parsed by their Party to be the most loyal to that Party’s platform. While independents numbers are growing, and more are joining third Party groups, the numbers will never be enough to kill the two Party system. So it always comes down to which can drive the largest number to actually vote for their side, and a popularity contest, having little to do with facts. Truth is relative in politics, it has more to do with personality for most than reality of their promises.

@Barnie2years I worked a polling station for 5 years and heard a ton of stupid questions. Funny, but I learned the average voter didn't even know the basics. Recently, a journalist made a report about the average voter being a nitwit and I concur. Some basic voting rules should be taught in HS. Things like if one doesn't know about a person or issue to leave it blank (too many feel all the items have to be filled out - hence the coin toss comment). Now that we have mail-in ballots there will be all kinds of bad votes. The Democrats think it's about increasing the numbers and the republicans try to corrupt the system to reduce the numbers. No one seems to care about the honesty and quality of voting. Again, this should be a basic course in HS.

A group I was in once had several discussions with a local county council man and he told us all the tricks they pull to get people to vote one way or another. I have learned through experience not conjecture.