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> people who couldn't answer such questions as who their senators are would see their vote go straight in the trash

Your proposal would send to the trash the votes of 90% of black people. How progressive...

> Only 16 percent of Latinos and 10 percent of African-Americans were able to correctly identify one senator from his or her home state

> 77 percent of Americans between 18 and 34 could not name one senator in his or her home state

https://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/poll-millennials-stat...

Maybe we should just remove voting altogether and just have 20 PhDs from Harvard/Standford/Yale and MIT decide who should run the country to avoid the unwashed masses decide such an important aspect of our life.

parent imaginariet 5 years ago

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