MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoLetters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trumpwww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square274fedilinkarrow-up1736arrow-down1102
arrow-up1634arrow-down1external-linkLetters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trumpwww.latimes.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square274fedilink
minus-squarepumpkinseedoillinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down3·2 months ago indirectly Say there are 9 voters. Four vote for Trump. Five heavily disagree with Trump (more than Trump’s four supporters). Three of them vote for Harris, two refuse to vote. Then these two people helped Trump since he’s winning now. It works exactly the same on a much larger scale.
minus-squarePeggyLouBaldwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down14·edit-22 months agoThe only votes that help a candidate are votes for that candidate. A non-vote doesn’t help any candidate.
Say there are 9 voters. Four vote for Trump. Five heavily disagree with Trump (more than Trump’s four supporters). Three of them vote for Harris, two refuse to vote. Then these two people helped Trump since he’s winning now.
It works exactly the same on a much larger scale.
The only votes that help a candidate are votes for that candidate. A non-vote doesn’t help any candidate.
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