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BumRushDaShow

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17. Those folks are always fickle and apparently are able to live in an environment

Reply to MayReasonRule (Reply #16)

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 12:39 PM

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that is either apolitical or "politics" is just not important to them or on their radar.

If some issue comes up that *personally* impacts them and/or captures their attention, then they will vote. But otherwise they don't bother. You see that statistic during not just "mid-years" but "off years" from the mid-years/Presidential election years. I think most if not all states have some kind of election (whether municipal/county/state) EVERY YEAR. Yet you are lucky to get any significant % turning out to vote in those elections (except maybe the smaller towns).

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