• mushroommunk@lemmy.today
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      13 hours ago

      It’s still only got 3.3 million daily viewers on average. Over 77 million voted for Trump. The venn diagram of the two is more of a circle than not

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        Yes, but it’s the default channel in every car dealership and small business in this country. The party and people obsessed with things being shoved down their throats are awfully fond of shoving their shit down ours.

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          I literally can’t remember the last time I saw Fox News in public. It’s probably region dependent.

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            You may be right, I’ve been pretty much a hermit since Covid. I haven’t been to a bar in like 6 years, that’s where I’d normally see it. The car I bought last year had it on in the lobby though…

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          9 hours ago

          I get what you’re saying but my car dealership just plays old Avril Lavigne and Owl City albums and I purposely avoid overtly Republican small businesses

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          12 hours ago

          Every single one of those 77 million is a maga idiot. Including all fox watchers.

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            I mean, I think way more Americans than that are idiots, but we’re talking about MAGA.

            27% of all voters identified as MAGA, 54% of those who voted for Trump self identified as MAGA.

            -from a comment further up.

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              “they aren’t members of the nazi party, they only voted for it” They gave him power, they are maga idiots.

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                The Arabs in Michigan who were afraid of kamala continuing to genocide their friends and family and were tricked into voting for trump. MAGA according to you?

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                  Many have voiced regret for voting for Trump, especially after he posted that weird AI video of a giant resort where Palestine used to be. They have said they felt played and lied to. Absolutely.

                  They also have said they still wish it had been any Democrat other than Kamala.

                  Both can be true

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              four Nazis and two others are having a lovely lunch, how many nazis in the room? Only 4 identify as Nazis

              Trump doesn’t self identity as a pedo and rapist and yet…

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              You’re absolutely proving your inability to read.

              That’s self identified. Very different from “considered maga by others” or any other label. Many don’t self identify as something but support it completely. Many don’t self identify and don’t support. You’re trying to twist numbers.

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          Here, let’s back this up with data instead of your feelings.

          https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/econTabReport_8FWGyNz.pdf

          That’s a YouGov poll of American voters. 27% of all voters identified as MAGA, 54% of those who voted for Trump self identified as MAGA.

          Roughly 156,000,000 ballots were cast in 2024, of those roughly 77,000,000 were cast for Trump.

          .27x156,000,000=42,120,000
          .54 * 77,000,000 = 41,580,000

          That’s still way more than the 3 million viewership they claim. But wait, we can do more.

          https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2025/06/10/the-political-gap-in-americans-news-sources/

          Data shows that 57% of Republicans go to primarily Fox for their news.

          Is it hyperbole to say only MAGA watch Fox News? Yeah okay sure. But anyone who didn’t fail high school should have enough neurons to rub together to understand that’s what my statement was but also that statistically MAGA or close to MAGA is their largest viewing base and they lean into that far right.

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          PSA - Adding ‘lol’ to your stupid opinion does not convert it into a fact.

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                Lots of people voted for trump because the Dem positions were trash. Just because they’re ignorant, stupid, or misinformed doesn’t mean they’re MAGA. Lots of them regret their choice from what I’ve seen.