MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoLetters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trumpwww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1485arrow-down156
arrow-up1429arrow-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 · 22 hours agomessage-square98fedilink
minus-squarestinerman [Ohio]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·7 hours agoIn California, it doesn’t matter because the results are already known. In other states the calculus is a bit different.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 hours agoOnline rhetoric sways voters in swing states. Your vote may not change the outcome, but your words might.
minus-squarestinerman [Ohio]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 hours agoThat’s absolutely true, especially for a paper like the LA Times. I am dubious that there is any appreciable effect when it comes to random blogs and so forth.
minus-squarethoro@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down3·6 hours agoRight? Imagine believing there are enough conscientious progressives / leftists to flip CA red because of third party voting. Sure, Jan.
In California, it doesn’t matter because the results are already known. In other states the calculus is a bit different.
Online rhetoric sways voters in swing states. Your vote may not change the outcome, but your words might.
That’s absolutely true, especially for a paper like the LA Times. I am dubious that there is any appreciable effect when it comes to random blogs and so forth.
Right? Imagine believing there are enough conscientious progressives / leftists to flip CA red because of third party voting. Sure, Jan.