An actual quote I saw today posted on Twitter: “Florida is a conservative Christian state, and they voted against murdering unborn babies. The democratic process is complete. They can leave if they want to do that.” There’s a lot to unpack there. I also got into an argument with the guy who posted it, who claimed somehow that it’s not ok for Federal government to regulate Women, but if states wants to do it then it’s ok, and they should just leave to another state then. like… wow. America is a strange place

  • Buttflapper@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    5 days ago

    57% If Floridians voted in favor of abortion rights.

    One small correction: 57% of the people who voted, voted in favor. Florida has approximately 22 million people as of the last census, with about 17.732 million over the age of 18. Here are the vote counts:

    No: 4,547,767 (42.8%) Yes: 6,068,933 (57.2%) This means about 7.115 million people in Florida did not vote, so approximately 40.1% of the adult population voted. Truly wild to see.

    • Boddhisatva@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 days ago

      I’m rapidly coming to the conclusion that people who cannot be bothered to vote shouldn’t really count.

    • atrielienz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 days ago

      22million people who are eligible to vote? I want to know if that’s everyone who lives in Florida (man women, children, citizens, non-citizens etc), or just eligible voters.

      • Buttflapper@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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        5 days ago

        I updated my comment, initially I had the wrong figure. I went back to the US Census website, and looked again. Then, I took the number who are over 18 years of age only, and subtracted that out.

        • shottymcb@lemm.eeEnglish
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          5 days ago

          Your updated number is still off by over a million. Not everyone over the age of 18 is eligible to vote. Not that it changes the point much, but you want to look for eligible voters vs over 18.