The pardons may be largely symbolic as none of the people listed were convicted of federal crimes, which the presidential pardon covers.

The pardons may be largely symbolic as none of the people listed were convicted of federal crimes, which the presidential pardon covers.

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
    141·
    18 hours ago

    apathetic

    IIRC, turnout was actually pretty high by US standards.

    goes looking

    https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/06/26/voter-turnout-2020-2024/

    The 2020 and 2024 presidential contests were among the highest-turnout elections in the past century. The 66% turnout rate in 2020 was the highest since 1908, and 2024’s rate of 64% was the second highest, tied with 1960. The last two midterm elections also featured unusually high turnout levels, with rates not seen since the 1960s.

    2020 being Trump Attempt #2 and 2024 being Trump Attempt #3.

    Now, you could take issue with a broader level-of-turnout issue in US elections — some countries, especially those with mandatory voting, have significantly higher turnout levels. But I don’t think that this is a matter of people just not caring, not relative to other elections.