If Clinton, Trump, and Did Not Vote were presidential candidates in 2016

it really says all it needs to that dems are trying to get MORE people to vote, and GOP are trying to PREVENT as many people as possible from voting

We should count non-voting eligible voters like this, and if not voting wins in your state you don't get any delegates for the electoral college.

Then just scrap the "first past the post" system and whoever gets the most delegates wins. In 2016 it would be Clinton with 51 vs. Trump's 16.

If all of the people who didn't vote because "It would never make a difference" actually voted, we could have had a constitutional amendment by now removing the electoral college.

I never knew Hillary won the popular vote by so much. Remind me, why the fuck does the electoral college exist???

For anyone like myself that was interested in 2020:

Found it here (Although the data source is shown on the chart)

Since I moved from a red state to Colorado it's been mind blowing how painless and accessible it is to vote in this state.

Before every election all registered voters automatically get a mail-in ballot, as well as a detailed book explaining every issue & candidate on the ballot with sample arguments for & against. You can then either mail the ballot or drop it off in very convenient drop boxes that are usually less than 10 min from your place. In some ways it's difficult to not have at least some idea of the political landscape for most voters.

...okay, you've convinced me. As someone from a beige state that's been presidentially blue for over 30 years (meaning my vote means dick-all due to EC shenanigans), I will continue to show up and vote to make sure it stays that way.

Maybe one day I'll even get an inspiring candidate to vote for.

An interesting idea, unless the majority of people in your state voted you get no electors to send. Force states to drive participation

What if "didn't vote" counted as "voted against both options, please try again with less shitty candidates."?

I think we'd have a better world

No one for president.

I'm not an American so I'm not sure I understand. Wikipedia says voter turnout in 2016 was 59.2% of the voting-eligible population. Even if we count is a percentage of the voting-age population (i.e. including people with felonies or without citizenship or barred from voting for other reasons) it's still 54.8% voter turnout.

But that bar at the top of the graph makes it look like only around 15% voted.

Can someone explain?

I live in deep red Utah. A lot of people I know do not vote because they do not see the point. These people, who stem from all political spectrums, believe “republicans will always have control over state and local political offices.”

This is why voting needs to be really easy. If a phone app/website is good enough for banking, it is good enough for voting.

Leaving the office empty for a term is the only democratic outcome.

Australia has mandatory voting. Why not the US?

Which is why we need to spend our energy this election on motivating voters who are already on side but think voting is pointless, rather than bothering to convince fence sitters who aren't already convinced by a Trump's behavior.

Get your friends in swing states to vote! Get them to get their friends to vote! Harris has this, especially if we can motivate even like 5-10% of non-voters!

Ideally an electoral system should have the "none of the above" option. If it gets the majority the elections are repeated with new candidates, and previous ones are disqualified for a number of years.

I'd love to see something like ballot included in tax returns (for folks who don't otherwise request a ballot). Near-mandatory voting, with abstaining being allowed.

If it didn't help other global powers, i.e. Russia, I'd say this is a reason to have New England be it's own country.

Clearly the office of President should be left vacant.

Wow this diddnot voté guy seems wildly popular 🫨

None of my coworkers that want Trump to win are registered to vote. I don't know if that means anything.

Good ol’ Iowa, one of the few shamelessly voting Trump. 😓

Are the states that have a majority swing states, so have more advertising and campaigning, or are they just more politically active?

Maybe they should be.

Let’s not forget the third party and Harambe stuff. Some of that flipped swing states Red.

… at least we voted! (Wisconsin)

And this proves that a popular 3rd party candidate can win. Too many people, rightfully so, refuse to vote for the Democrats and Republicans.

so theres lots of room for the libertarian party

Should be illegal or some other incentive to vote.

This is the epitome of lying with statistics.

we really do need a default option for "fuck off im not voting"

This will likely be the first year I won't be voting. I moved to a state with no early voting, and it's all in person. Additionally, I'm in a blue city with a red state government, so voting locations are minimal, and my job only allows 2 hours to vote. I don't really see it happening.