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The pardons may be largely symbolic as none of the people listed were convicted of federal crimes, which the presidential pardon covers.

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[-] tal@lemmy.today 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

apathetic

IIRC, turnout was actually pretty high by US standards.

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https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/06/26/voter-turnout-2020-2024/

The 2020 and 2024 presidential contests were among the highest-turnout elections in the past century. The 66% turnout rate in 2020 was the highest since 1908, and 2024’s rate of 64% was the second highest, tied with 1960. The last two midterm elections also featured unusually high turnout levels, with rates not seen since the 1960s.

2020 being Trump Attempt #2 and 2024 being Trump Attempt #3.

Now, you could take issue with a broader level-of-turnout issue in US elections


some countries, especially those with mandatory voting, have significantly higher turnout levels. But I don't think that this is a matter of people just not caring, not relative to other elections.

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