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Iheartcheese@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Wait... What? Folks In Red States Google Searched 'How To Change My Vote' In Droves After Trump's Victory

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Wait... What? Folks In Red States Google Searched 'How To Change My Vote' In Droves After Trump's Victory

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Iheartcheese@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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Iowa had the highest number of people searching how to change their votes.
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  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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    Post election searches are the best:

    “What is the EU?”

    “What is Brexit?”

    https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/06/24/480949383/britains-google-searches-for-what-is-the-eu-spike-after-brexit-vote

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      Of course, let’s not let things like knowledge or consequences get in the way of reactionary & spiteful arrogance informed only by propaganda induced fear and hate, emotions know to prevent rational thought /s

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    i fucking called it.

    https://lemmy.world/comment/13331955

    turns out the answer to my question is “less than a week”

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      “Post not found”

      Edit: works in browser, only broken in Voyager. Weird.

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    How are people this stupid?something in the water?

    • danekrae@lemmy.world
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      Lead… I’m not kidding.

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    • eletes@sh.itjust.works
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      Years of GOP meddling with education, which is only gonna nose dive when dept of education gets dismantled

    • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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      Yes. Lead.

      https://www.nrdc.org/resources/lead-pipes-are-widespread-and-used-every-state

  • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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    You broke it, you bought it.

    • PagingDoctorLove@lemmy.world
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      Yeah except we’re all going to pay.

      • Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world
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        America even does socialism the worst

    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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      Unfortunately, I’m also being forced to buy it, even though I didn’t break it.

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        I tried to buy the other one because I didn’t want the broken one. Still stuck buying the broken one.

    • NormalPerson@lemmy.world
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      I’m willing to give a redo in this case

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    Is this the “Find out” stage then?

    Actions have consequences. Sad people had to figure it out this way.

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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      Sad others among us will have to pay more than those that caused the problem. But such is America and so is history.

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    I wonder how many of these people are just now realizing that they have immediate family and friends who won’t be here next Christmas.

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      “womp womp”

    • Mirshe@lemmy.world
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      Or they, themselves, might wind up getting deported or killed. We’ve successfully eroded class and even group consciousness.

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    To own the libs, they sold their soul.

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    Considering all of the shocking things Trump promised to do once he was elected, people are re-evaluating what they have gotten themselves into.

    Sigh…

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    Guillotine

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    What ya’ll upset for now? The economy was so good under Trump! Didn’t you want him to deport all those “poisonous” immigrants. He’s your retribution. And, besides, it’s not like Harris would have been any better, because they’re the same anyway.

    /s

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    This is all bullshit, designed to start another wave of outrage. Even after the election, we’ve gotta have more stuff to rage about. News these days is just rage all day every day, no matter what.

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      I’ve said it the whole election cycle. The news downplayed every Trump gaffe because they wanted him back to fuel the outrage click machine. They wanted that sweet revenue back after 4 boring years of Biden just ya know doing his fucking job.

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      I had to have new anxiety meds called in because all of the political stuff is sending me into panic attacks. I’ve been avoiding politics as much as possible since the day after the election because it causes so much anxiety.

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    I don’t know how trustworthy these search trends are. For example if you type in “where did I put my” it will complete all kinds of stuff like “keys” and “wallet” and “passport” which seems to imply that people are regularly asking Google where they placed items in their own house.

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    I honestly think we should have a 20 question multiple choice basic 8th grade civics quiz before people are allowed to vote. We no longer have an electorate that’s informed enough to be capable of voting. Score 60% or higher on that quiz or get the fuck out of the booth.

    Edit: I’m incorrect, there’s no national requirement that I can find. In CA we can’t finish 8th grade without studying and passing a civics test covering this material: https://www.ixl.com/standards/california/social-studies/grade-8. So yeah, I amend my opinion - these standards should be followed nationwide.

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    What annoying about this information is that we can’t say who did that. Is it Harris to trump or trump to Harris or those who voted for other options.

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      I think we can reason that its more than likely trump to harris. Not just because trump is a terrible person and lies about everything. But mainly because trump won so what need would there be to change a vote from anything else to trump?

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        You underestimate how much people want to be part of “the winning side”.

        Especially now with how Trump treated those against him

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    Guess pitchforks are not on the table yet

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