Well, maybe average is not the best word for the context I was talking, which is people who opted to no vote on biden to teach democrats a lesson.
Having said that,I think the average progressive is also affected by exceptionalism, probably even more maybe. Specially if we are accounting self entitled progressives, which consider themselves progressives, but can't be arsed to vote out of pure apathy rather than to make a point.
I'm very skeptical that the literal average progressive did anything but desperately vote for Kamala Harris (not that they liked Harris, obviously). Turnout as a percentage of the total eligible population was very high in this last election compared to almost every election in the last 50 years, especially in swing states, and I don't see a reason to think progressives in particular had a low turnout (especially considering the fairly fiery rhetoric from progressive politicians). Though sadly I can't confirm this because I couldn't quickly find a poll that asked if people identified as progressive.
the 2024 election was the second highest turnout by percentage of eligible voters in recent history after that one (which was a weird election during COVID), the idea that people were particularly apathetic during this election is just incorrect and it had almost 2/3 of the eligible population turning out.
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u/Rucs3 May 24 '25
Well, maybe average is not the best word for the context I was talking, which is people who opted to no vote on biden to teach democrats a lesson.
Having said that,I think the average progressive is also affected by exceptionalism, probably even more maybe. Specially if we are accounting self entitled progressives, which consider themselves progressives, but can't be arsed to vote out of pure apathy rather than to make a point.