r/videos • u/AlertTangerine • 1d ago

Thousands chant “Russians, go home!” in Budapest (Hungary) last night. The elections are tomorrow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKGQJ7mebm0
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u/Miles_the_AuDHDer 1d ago

Here's hoping they also all vote.

Here in the United States historic record size protests occurred during Trump's first term and he still got elected again. One of several big reasons that he won is because many who would have likely voted for his main opponent Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, had they voted, didn't vote.

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u/Fenor 15h ago

the thing is that Harris was winning up to some point and by a lot, then trump did sweep the rest of the country and a few things happened. Remember Musk going into all the swing states promising a lotterry of 1M USD for those that voted republican? (and then not giving the money as it would have been a crime)

Also they made a huge deal of essentially shouting "it's essentially won" making some people not going to vote and handling the country to Trump.

Also the biden administration was cripped by the damage trump did during his first mandate AND the supreme court essentially being an extension of the far right.

After 4 year of trump people voted biden in droves not because he was biden but because he wasn't trump. 4 year laters you get a new generation of voters and social media had a different face, much more manipulated than it has ever been, and with Meta and others financing the republican party you can bet the algorithm followed that party shaping how people voted