Comment by greenie_beans

what do they call it when a lot of the people in the state don't vote because of a history of disenfranchisement? or when power is taken away from groups of people due to redistricting? when many people can't get to the polls because it's far away or they have work? and when the absentee ballot process is hard? or when they purge the voter registration, requiring people to re-register, if they realize it before it's too late? this last one happened to me.

less than 60% of eligible voters in the state cast a vote in the 2024 election. there was lower turnout in 2024 election among black voters. here is more data: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidentia...

what do you call it when both candidates aren't good enough for those people, so they resign to not vote?

what do you call it when college-educated liberals disparage the poorest, blackest state in the union? definitely not progressive. maybe "racist"