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To people voting for Biden, what will make you not vote for him in the general election? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've noticed a lot of posts asking how we're going to vote, and people coming in trying to shame people for not voting for Biden, or any candidate in the general election at all.

So I'm curious and, asking in good faith, want to know - what will make you stop voting for Biden?

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

Voting nationally is a low leverage action, but abstaining is a no leverage action. So to have any leverage at all I must vote, and since I'm voting I'm going to vote for the best/least worst candidate. Diamond Joe does some shitty things but Trump is another ambitious, poorly spoken level, his treacheries have treacheries. I don't have a viable third option so this is where I'm at.

We had a chance at real change in 2016 and it was taken away. If that happens again I am all in but I don't see any beneficial action right now to make that a reality.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Abstaining is how voting can have leverage. Voting only has leverage if politicians can't take your vote as a given