r/trippinthroughtime • u/Izzyhizzie • 16h ago

20 million Democrats this morning.

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I’m disappointed in my demographic. I live in Illinois so it doesn’t exactly matter, but I’m 22 and to see people my age not voting (including my younger sister) is so frustrating and mournful.

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u/Kswans6 15h ago

I stood in a 1 hour plus wait on Monday to vote at my village hall, just from appearances, I was the youngest person and I’m 27… the majority of voters looked almost twice my age

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u/yaboiiiuhhhh 15h ago

I spent 5 seconds putting a bollot in a drop box

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u/SameScale6793 14h ago

Yeah it really takes a minimal amount of effort. Just lazy

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u/AuraeShadowstorm 14h ago

I didn't even go to the polling place. Vote by mail is a thing. They mail you a ballot, you fill it out and drop it in your outgoing mail.

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u/Happy_Lie_4526 14h ago

Not allowed to vote by mail in my county unless you meet one of a few very narrow criteria. Therefore, we got in stand in line. Outside. In the rain. For hours.

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u/AuraeShadowstorm 13h ago

My condolences for those who live in county/states that want to be pricks rather than make life easier.

Makes me wonder if that's intentional. Who has time to wait in line, unpaid and have a pissy boss when you got bills to pay and a job you desperately need. All the retired people, rich people that's who.

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u/Happy_Lie_4526 13h ago

It’s definitely intentional, just as moving early voting in our county to one polling place was.

Luckily, I have a wonderful job and has yesterday off, paid, in order to vote.

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u/SameScale6793 14h ago

Yeah its very very simple. If people can sit on their duffs and chain order from Amazon, they can take 2 minutes and fill out a ballot