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1 in 5 Wisconsin Democrats Said Gaza War Will Impact Their Primary Vote (theintercept.com)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Does the US not permit Write-In candidates or third parties? Crazy, I could have sworn they did. A miniscule, even infinitesimal chance of winning by voting for a not evil candidate sounds more morally palatable to me than voting for a war criminal. You do you though, I'm quite certain your conscience can handle it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

yes and no. depends on the state, but reality dictates in our current system and with the current candidates every vote for 3rd party will be a tacit vote for trump.

dont vote? thats a vote for trump. vote for a 3rd party? thats a vote for trump.

until we have an actual system that supports 3rd parties we have no choice. because the vote for trump/republicans leads to a system with less parties than 2, not more.

my conscience says i want more parties. my conscience says 'vote less evil not more'.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Amazing! All those votes that came in for Trump and they could have just voted 3rd party instead to get the same result! Why does anyone even bother voting for Trump? They could just vote for the person with the shortest name that isn't Biden!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

no they are not "votes for trump" are they votes biden is not getting yes, however the only way they are "Votes for trump" is if you are starting with the assumption that Biden either already has or inharently deserves the votes. He does not, he does not have my vote and not giving it to him is taking a vote from him. he has to earn it, and he has not

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Actually if the US became a single party state for a term because there is no difference between the established parties, assuming first past the post is still in place, a 2nd party would be forced into electoral relevancy, so that would actually be the preferred outcome of not voting for the current two parties.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Third party votes being for Trump is only correct if you assume libertarian votes are for Biden.