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In reply to the discussion: A Party that loses an election and blames voters for not showing up at the polls . . . [View all]Odin2005
(53,521 posts)You are right that low voter turnout is a symptom. The people blaming the voters are showing their ignorance of social science and sounding like social-conservative ideologues by treating a systemic societal problem as a moral fault of the voters.
Another issue is that many blue-collar white voters are turned off by a perception of sneering technocratic elitism among the Dem Establishment. They often end up voting Puke because they connect that perception of elitism of with propaganda about "liberal elites in academia". This is made even worse among my fellow Millennials because of the STEM circle-jerk, which reinforces the hate of "liberal academic elites" and drives the popularity of shit like the "Men's Rights" movement and the Gamergate hysteria.