• Irremarkable@fedia.io
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    3 months ago

    In a similar situation. Theres a zero percent chance trump doesn’t win my state by at least 10 points. Still gonna vote though.

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      3 months ago

      He’ll see the popular vote count and it will annoy him. He was mad about it even when he won!

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        Well yeah, that would be a disappointment to anyone, he lost in a popularity contest by 3 million votes to Hillary fucking Clinton. He absolutely deserves to feel bad about it and I hope he remembers every day that he wouldn’t have won if it weren’t for the electoral college.

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      3 months ago

      Both of you should be asking how your vote could be made meaningful outside the scope of your current evaluation.

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      3 months ago

      This sub hates the following message. That’s why it comes today instead of yesterday.

      Focus on loyalty to ideology, not party affiliation. Left ideology has been most consistently expressed by the Green Party platform (Sanders watered it down, twice). They’ve lots of problems. But, they’re incredibly loyal to the platform.

      If the Green Party gets 5% of the general election vote then they’ll be on every ballot in '28. The Democrats can’t silence the platform choice in primaries as they did twice to Sanders. This would place an incredible amount of pressure on Democrats immediately and be passively sustained for four years.

      In a purple state I’d vote Democrat POTUS for harm reduction. In a blue state it’d depend on the situation. But, in a red state, I risk absolutely nothing by not for voting harm reduction.

      We’re the only ones completely free to act for the long term. The blue wave thinks we’re too stupid to understand nuance. Political parties don’t deserve your loyalty. We need be loyal to each other, especially when we’re hated for our choices.

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        This message is hated because it is false and naive and helps Republicans.