• SatansMaggotyCumFartOP
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    720 days ago

    It’s also a metric that isn’t included with the numbers before 1984 which makes it difficult to use as a comparison.

    • @M0oP0o@mander.xyz
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      620 days ago

      It was not included before it was invented, it was also not needed as the level of voter disenfranchisement was not yet an issue. It is now the standard metric (since you guys have so many people that are barred from voting).

      • SatansMaggotyCumFartOP
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        720 days ago

        In the chart I originally posted see how six of the eight don’t have VEP?

        Explains why when you use it, it goes from eighth to second.

        • @M0oP0o@mander.xyz
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          420 days ago

          It only does that if you sort by VAP, and that metric just does not hold up when an estimated 4.4 million adults can not vote. But these are all issues that neither party cared to address for the last 40 years so I don’t think anyone can claim the high horse.

          If you look at the the 1960 (JFK vs Nixon) then maybe if they had VEP then it could have been another barn burner to compare.

          • SatansMaggotyCumFartOP
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            420 days ago

            Your first source shows over twenty million.

            It also shows 94% of the VAP are VEP in 1980 vs 92% in 2024 so I don’t think using VAP as a metric to include twenty-four elections instead of twelve with VEP is unreasonable.

            • @M0oP0o@mander.xyz
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              220 days ago

              That is a trend that is not good. It shows more people losing the ability to vote. I would say something needs to be done, but like I said, its been 40 years of both parties not doing anything about it. And now? Not even sure if you will have another election this free.