• Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    It literally exactly is a vote for trump. We have shown you morons the math a million times by now, you’re just being willfully resistant to acknowledging what you’re doing to endanger the republic.

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      1 month ago

      Is that based on the assumption third party voters would vote democrat otherwise? If I would either not vote or vote third party, how does my vote help trump?

      Maybe the democrats shouldnt count votes they don’t have?

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        1 month ago

        Because under FPTP no vote or a third party vote is identical to a vote for the opposing candidate.

        Maybe you should stop trying to justify being a fucking traitor.

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          1 month ago

          So just saying that out loud makes it true, got it. You’ve convinced me I’m wrong.

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        1 month ago

        When the options are democracy or dictatorship and you choose not to vote… it’s kinda gross. I get that you got a failure of a system over there, but the fight to update your democracy should be done after you choose to have one.

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          It depends where you live. In my very local area my vote counts, and so it goes to democrats. If you are in a republican state, I can’t think of anything better than Democrats coming in third place there. If the democrats had a bigger third party to worry about they’d start having to move left or at least stop moving right to win voters.

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      1 month ago

      Settle down and re-read what I wrote. I’m not voting for Trump. I don’t think it’s hyperbolic to say a third party is crucial for our Republic.

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        1 month ago

        The math has been explained to you endlessly. You can’t escape voting for either Harris or Trump because you want to pretend you’re above it all and superior to us who have to live with the consequences of supposed good people like you standing there and doing nothing.

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          I again think you need to settle down. I am not voting third party because I like you apparently will just view out of fear.

          That said, The math had not been explained to me so show it to me. post it for anyone who agrees with me. Show me the math.

          Next you’ve decided that I have some feeling of superiority. I don’t. I simply think the two party system has failed us and needs to change. People in power have a stake in keeping a two party system for their own benefit, and it infuriates me.

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            No, I think their tone is completely warranted. Frankly I, too, am sick and fucking tired of seeing this shit plastered all over this website. You are a scourge.

            It’s not even math. You need 270 electoral votes to win. They are not on enough state ballots to do that. It is literally not possible for them to win.

            They disappear, and then every four years they emerge from whatever hole they were rotting in, to siphon votes from Democratic party candidates. It really is that simple.

            Political parties don’t become successful by disappearing, and showing up for a few months every four years. That’s not how it works. Just put some critical thought into it.