MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoLetters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trumpwww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square216fedilinkarrow-up1592arrow-down174
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minus-squareIndustryStandard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down12·11 hours agoFor the editor and anyone else who does not understand math: people voting for Trump means Trump gets a vote. A vote for Jill Stein means Trump does not get a vote. Would you rather have someone vote third party or vote Trump?
minus-squareTiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·edit-28 hours agoFor industryStandard and whoever else may not understand FPTP: a vote for Kamala is a vote against Trump A vote for Jill Stein is not a vote against Trump, and in fact hurts Kamala’s chances the same way a Republican voting for RFK hurts Trump’s chances Would you rather have someone vote to stop Trump or throw away their vote?
minus-squareeacapesamsara@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoThis is illogical, as it assumes someone voting for stein would vote for Harris, which isn’t the case.
minus-squarePeggyLouBaldwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·6 hours agoJill stein is running against Trump
minus-squareTiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 hours agoJill Stein is literally only running to steal Kamala votes to improve the chances of Trump winning
minus-squarePeggyLouBaldwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 hours agothat’s not what her platform says
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·11 hours agoThe whole thing feels like an argument intended to push people away rather than rally support.
minus-squareSocialist Mormon Satanist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·9 hours agoI’ve noticed a LOT of Lemmy’s seem to want to push people away rather than welcome or rally support when it comes to uncommitted voters or third-party voters… Very surprising to me.
minus-squareSocialist Mormon Satanist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·9 hours agoExactly! I’ll share your downvotes…but you’re right.
minus-squarechakan2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·11 hours agoCorporate says spot the difference here.
minus-squareTiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-28 hours agoFor industryStandard and whoever else may not understand FPTP: a vote for Kamala is a vote against Trump A vote for Jill Stein is not a vote against Trump, and in fact hurts Kamala Would you rather have someone vote to stop Trump or throw away their vote?
For the editor and anyone else who does not understand math: people voting for Trump means Trump gets a vote.
A vote for Jill Stein means Trump does not get a vote.
Would you rather have someone vote third party or vote Trump?
For industryStandard and whoever else may not understand FPTP: a vote for Kamala is a vote against Trump
A vote for Jill Stein is not a vote against Trump, and in fact hurts Kamala’s chances the same way a Republican voting for RFK hurts Trump’s chances
Would you rather have someone vote to stop Trump or throw away their vote?
This is illogical, as it assumes someone voting for stein would vote for Harris, which isn’t the case.
Jill stein is running against Trump
Jill Stein is literally only running to steal Kamala votes to improve the chances of Trump winning
that’s not what her platform says
The whole thing feels like an argument intended to push people away rather than rally support.
I’ve noticed a LOT of Lemmy’s seem to want to push people away rather than welcome or rally support when it comes to uncommitted voters or third-party voters… Very surprising to me.
Exactly! I’ll share your downvotes…but you’re right.
Corporate says spot the difference here.
For industryStandard and whoever else may not understand FPTP: a vote for Kamala is a vote against Trump
A vote for Jill Stein is not a vote against Trump, and in fact hurts Kamala
Would you rather have someone vote to stop Trump or throw away their vote?