Pre-election, I remember hearing, 'oh you know, he's from a working class background, he held x position, he worked his way up'. For months leading up to the election, it was 'conservatives bad' on repeat 24/7. It's like temporal brainwashing throughout election season. Then people wake up again.
Perhaps letting yourself snooze off during elections is a mistake. A way to avoid that would be to require people to register far in advance (6 months), present themselves with ID at a local polling station. I know that in the US, charging people a fee to vote is against previous Supreme Court rulings, but it is the same as SN and Substack charging money to either post or read. It discourages unmotivated people from voting.
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You have to own property to vote!
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