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Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team by bobwaycott on Thursday November 10, 2016 @10:36PM (#12927452)
Barely half the country bothered to vote. Half of that number voted Trump. So, 25% of the country determined the next 4 years.
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Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team by zaroth on Thursday November 10, 2016 @11:13PM (#12927707)
About 100,000 votes in the right states could have changed the entire outcome, right? But that doesn't really mean just 100,000 people who didn't vote for Hillary determined that Trump would win.

We vote for who we want, if we choose to vote at all. The next 4 years will be determined by a lot more than just this one vote. Political activism is a constant finger on the scales.

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