is there a different source for those numbers? that site is literally an advocacy group for the left side of that comparison so it is hard to imagine they qualify as independentIt would also leave 28 million americans without health insurance, among other problems.
'Per capita' means 'cost per person', and likely includes both the price you pay as well as any costs to your government that are not covered by your taxes. For example, when someone goes to the emergency room after a car crash, there are expenses involved that may not be entirely covered by the amount paid in via taxes by that person. Here in the US people end up bankrupt and even lose their homes over those kinds of emergency room visits.
Yes, an advocacy group... consisting entirely of doctors. Forget that image if you like, and focus on the other three I posted below which have no agenda and are strictly made up of data showing just how inefficient and poor-value privatized healthcare is compared to every other developed nation with universal healthcare.
There were far more people who didn't vote than people who voted independent.
Obama made a lot of promises too when he was campaigning in 08. "change we can believe in", remember that?
Biden has been trying to earn people's vote, like everybody has said that he would be the most left President ever because of everything that he would like to do with his plan for America.
Yes, yes, mush brained old blah blah both sides. Getting Trump the fuck out of office is hope for the country as far as I'm concerned. On top of having an admin/party not trying to take away healthcare from millions/protections for those with pre-existing conditions. Not having our courts stacked with partisan shitheads signaling they're ready to take up Roe vs Wade is hope for the country. Not being led by someone that sits on their ass all day crying on Twitter and pulling us out of every possible global alliance is hope for the country. We're literally in the middle of a fucking pandemic both sidesing. Join the rest of us in the self-inflicted hellscape that is 2020.
Look back further than WW2 to see the bigger picture. Voter turnout has been basically flat around 60% for presidential elections and 40-50% for midterms since 1925. I find that to be absolutely pathetic. Half the nation doesn't vote! People are so disenfranchised, so alienated from the political process that they feel it's not even worth the trouble! Compare it to 1840-1900 when you had 70-80% of the population voting for president.
www.electproject.org
Did you fall asleep during the 2010 midterms like the rest of the electorate? Could it be Republicans and their sole objective to destroy our government, actively suppress turnout, and then point to our broken government to further depress turnout as rubes continue to vote them in while everyone else sits out? Change isn't possible?
Be careful, you may get labeled an enemy of the movement by daring to suggest that Biden needs to do something other than not be Trump.
Exactly. Margins so thin just a little more non-voters being motivated by the politician to go out and vote for their side could have won the election.
I really confused how this goes against what that person said when you have to go back almost 200 years for the numbers to not be "flat" ignoring the increase in 2018 and expected increase in 2020. if anything those numbers show that turnout have been increasing in the recent elections.Look back further than WW2 to see the bigger picture. Voter turnout has been basically flat around 60% for presidential elections and 40-50% for midterms since 1925. I find that to be absolutely pathetic. Half the nation doesn't vote! People are so disenfranchised, so alienated from the political process that they feel it's not even worth the trouble! Compare it to 1840-1900 when you had 70-80% of the population voting for president.
US Elections Project - national-1789-present
National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present National general election voting-eligible population turnout rates for presidential and midterm elections are plotted below, along with the raw data provided in an accompanying spreadsheet. These numbers are taken from Vital Statistics of
Ok, I saw those about the current system. I was trying to understand some independent numbers on the Public Option that the chart was giving numbers on though. I wanted to understand what the consensus was on Biden's plan as far as number uninsured, etc.
In 1840 - 1900 only rich white men could vote. The majority of the population was literally disenfranchised.Look back further than WW2 to see the bigger picture. Voter turnout has been basically flat around 60% for presidential elections and 40-50% for midterms since 1925. I find that to be absolutely pathetic. Half the nation doesn't vote! People are so disenfranchised, so alienated from the political process that they feel it's not even worth the trouble! Compare it to 1840-1900 when you had 70-80% of the population voting for president.
US Elections Project - national-1789-present
National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present National general election voting-eligible population turnout rates for presidential and midterm elections are plotted below, along with the raw data provided in an accompanying spreadsheet. These numbers are taken from Vital Statistics of
You're right, that's a fair point. However, today voting is done on a non-holiday tuesday. And in many places throughout the nation it takes hours or even an entire day. How many Americans are privileged enough to be able to afford - and get away with - taking a day off work to vote? Hint: poverty-stricken individuals can't vote. That turns out to be about 60% of the US population. https://money.cnn.com/2017/01/12/pf/americans-lack-of-savings/index.html
Here are two pretty good reads about the problems of the public option, from two different publications with vastly different politics:
newrepublic.com
Seems like it would be a good idea to try to vote out the party responsible for disenfranchising so many people!
Strawman argument, I've never advocated for voting republican and never would. I would argue, however, that both parties are responsible for disenfranchising the people in nearly equal measure, by representing corporate interests over the interests of human beings.
Nah miss me with that shit. "Vote blue no matter who" is the real position of privilege.
medium.com
Lol. Yeah. Obama 'lied' and it wasn't obstructionist Republicans blocking every bit of change Obama attempted to make. People like the idea of change but they don't show up for midterm elections. There's no such thing as a god king president. Obama, Biden, Bernie, Warren, AOC aren't just going to get into office and save the world.
Joe Biden is a classic white moderate. Let's see what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had to say about people like him:
I agree. I don't find that to be a compelling reason to vote for Biden, however.
