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A state senator said during a public forum in Tahlequah that LGBTQ+ people are "filth," and that he and his constituents don't want them in "our state."

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[–] WeeSheep@lemmy.world 35 points 8 months ago (3 children)

50% don't like it, 10% don't care, 40% support it. The part that supports it is good at gerrymandering.

[–] Osa-Eris-Xero512@kbin.social 30 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Your math is wrong, it's closer to 60/10/30, with the problem being that the 30% all live around each other (and are good at gerrymandering)

[–] WeeSheep@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Sure, I was guessing the numbers

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 12 points 8 months ago

I honestly think their intent is to just make their states completely uninhabitable to anyone who isn't a white supremacist. If they can do that with a swing state or at least states that have a significant blue presence, they effectively take the entire government nationwide. They just need to make their policies so completely repulsive to anyone who isn't them that we stay clear.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Of voters. The vast majority of American people are against This, but the vast majority of American people don’t vote. 

[–] badbrainstorm@lemmy.today 2 points 8 months ago

Roughly 80 million people that were eligible to vote in 2020 did not, which pretty average for presidential elections. That is right around 1/3 of the country.

Only around 2%, or around 5 million are disenfranchised due to felonies. Largely black obviously, and much higher in southern States (shocker). Some at around 8% total! And over 1 million of the 5 are from Florida.