6mo ago

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No. They have plenty of voters. I'm so tired of this liberal bashing of people with fucking empathy and a tired deposition towards the apathetic unhelpful political parties in charge, as your way to get more votes.
I get that we have a binary decision with our presidency election but no, this is not an effective method other than to piss off people you are essentially stating straight up you think of as lesser.
- I mean, regardless of what you decide is the reason for not voting, one side is happy about it.
  The other side just wants everyone to vote. And if everyone was to vote, then maybe the independents would have a chance. But no. People would rather just not vote at all. Which is basically a vote for Trump at this point, since every single Trump supporter is not only going to vote but is constantly down everyone's throat to also vote for him.
  Not voting = vote for Trump
  
  Independents don't have a chance regardless. Has nothing to do with their platform or how many people are voting...our voting system itself means voting for a third party will have the net effect of not supporting the primary party more closely aligned with your beliefs, which in turn is indirectly supporting the primary party least aligned with your belief. The same can be said of voter abstinence.
  This is basic game theory stuff. Going for a third party in a major election because they are more directly aligned with you, individually, is ultimately letting perfect be the enemy of good. And personally, I think it's a bit arrogant to think any party holding no other federal office, and barely any state offices, will jettison directly to POTUS. It's almost like they know they exist solely to facilitate the spoiler effect.
  
  I don't actually want people to vote third party here. But voting anything is better than not voting
  
  Sounds like you've got your work cut out for you then. I expect to see you going up to people who voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 primaries and telling them if they continue to do stuff like that the Democrats will lose to Republicans.
  
  What are you going on about here?
  
  We live in a democracy. You want our votes I'm telling you how to get them. If you're not willing to put in the work you're just demanding something for free. Neither you nor Biden are entitled to my vote.
- it screams privileged liberal that doesn't understand the system is working as intended right now

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