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Life comes at you fast Jeff...
  • A low information voter, also known as a misinformation voter, is someone who participates in elections despite being generally poorly informed about political issues[1]. This term has been popular in the United States since the mid-1990s.

    Key characteristics of low information voters include:

    1. They tend to have more moderate ideological views compared to high-information voters[1].
    2. They are less likely to vote, but when they do, they often choose candidates based on personal appeal rather than policy positions[1].
    3. They are more likely to be swing voters and vote split-ticket[1].
    4. They may rely on cues or heuristics, such as a candidate's appearance or behavior, rather than substantial information to make voting decisions[1].
    5. They can be more susceptible to emotional appeals on various topics, including the economy, immigration, and racial relations[4].

    Low information voters often lack fundamental facts about government and exhibit a low "need for cognition," meaning they are less inclined to engage in effortful thinking about complex issues[4]. This can make them more vulnerable to misinformation and less likely to critically evaluate candidates' claims or policy positions[4].

    It's important to note that the term "low information voter" is sometimes used pejoratively, particularly in American political discourse[1]. However, the concept is studied seriously in political science to understand voting behavior and its impact on electoral outcomes.

    Citations: [1] Low information voter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_information_voter [2] What Are Low Information Voters? - ThoughtCo https://www.thoughtco.com/low-information-voters-5184982 [3] Trump Is Preying on Low-Information Voters - New York Magazine https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-low-information-voters.html [4] 'Low information voters' are a crucial part of Trump's support https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/11/07/low-information-voters-are-a-crucial-part-of-trumps-support/ [5] The Tragedy Of Rush Limbaugh's Low Information Voter Theory https://www.forbes.com/sites/cedricmuhammad/2013/08/27/the-tragedy-of-rush-limbaughs-low-information-voter-theory/

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  • People are too weird about genitals. Our culture finds it so uncomfortable to talk to their sons about cleaning their penis that we started cutting the foreskin off to spare them the embarrassment.

  • Life comes at you fast Jeff...
  • They would choose not to because it would save them money and that's all they care about.

    Remember, they used to kick you off their plans when you got cancer claiming it was a preexisting condition.

  • First Presidential Debate Megapost!
  • Canada getting PP too.

    This will be a pretty critical 6 years to prepare for the climate apocalypse coming up, and we'll all be going into it with the worst possible leaders imaginable.

  • First Presidential Debate Megapost!
  • Why is the former president and leader of the one of two political parties not the status quo?

    Gore was status quo, but if he'd won we wouldn't have had the war in Iraq.

    Hilary was the status quo, but if she won we'd still have Roe v Wade.

    If you vote republican, you will get the status quo with an added disaster or two mixed in.

  • First Presidential Debate Megapost!
  • Bernie had 4 years to shore up his weakness with black voters, the same issue he ran into against Hilary and didn't.

    Bernie could've offered Pete VP to stay in the race and continue splitting the centrist vote, but he didn't.

    In the timeline where Bernie won, and also beat Trump, we'd be dealing with progressives feeling betrayed that he inevitably did what ever other US president would do and sent weapons to Israel after Oct 7th.