It’s less than that, even. People under 18 are included in the total population numbers, but aren’t eligible to vote yet, so you need to knock around a third (maybe more?) of your total off just for that.

I miscalculated, whoopsie

I stated "voters", not "Americans". I specifically used those words, because I didn't care to calculate the non-voters in to the equation at the time.

I'm not here to argue semantics....

I did voter registration drives in my area for a few pre-election years, and it’s really staggering the number of minority people who “don’t do politics”. As though that somehow helps them or is something to wear as a badge of honor. Not that they tune it out, but they actively avoid it at all costs.

I convinced a few of them to change their tune and got them set up with absentee ballots to reduce the friction in voting, but man a lot of people genuinely want to avoid any mention of the government. I don’t really get it, but I don’t live their lives either. I haven’t seen how poorly the system treats them, and I don’t know what anxieties they might have about participating in the system.

I think, overall, people are rational actors using whatever information they have available to them (even if that information is dis/mis-information). So there’s some set of reasons these people feel so thoroughly disenfranchised that they don’t even bother trying to participate. It’s probably not a very good reason, in reality, but it’s good enough for them to act on. idk how to fix that, but we probably should figure it out.

I stated "voters", not "Americans". I specifically used those words, because I didn't care to calculate the non-voters in to the equation at the time.

I'm not here to argue semantics....

I stated "voters", not "Americans". I specifically used those words, because I didn't care to calculate the non-voters in to the equation at the time.