this post was submitted on 12 Nov 2024
499 points (84.1% liked)

Political Memes

5489 readers
3075 users here now

Welcome to politcal memes!

These are our rules:

Be civilJokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.

No misinformationDon’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.

Posts should be memesRandom pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.

No bots, spam or self-promotionFollow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Cool, so, we'll see the voters in the primaries going forward, right? Unlike in 2016 and 2020, when they nominated said garbage candidates?

[–] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world -5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Being a low-information voter doesn't make your takes correct.

But sure, you saw an emotionally cut video online, so now you're convinced the DNC stole the primary from the rightful winner.

[–] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world -4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm in California I don't even get to vote in primaries.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’m in California I don’t even get to vote in primaries.

what.

[–] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

California primaries occur on March 5th my incredibly high information friend.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

California primaries occur on March 5th my incredibly high information friend.

How does that prevent you from voting in primaries, again?

[–] missingno@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It means that their vote doesn't count. I also live in a state that has one of the very last primaries, after the race is already over anyway. By the time I voted for Bernie, he had already dropped out of the race. My vote meant nothing.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It means that their vote doesn’t count.

Do you know what Super Tuesday is?

[–] missingno@fedia.io 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Something that happened long before my state's primary.

What does my vote mean when every candidate has already dropped out anyway?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Something that happened long before my state’s primary.

It means that their vote doesn’t count.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do you have a point you want to make? We're both saying that "but primaries!" means nothing to us when we have no voice in the primaries.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Except the one I was actually speaking with, and whose example you popped in in support of, quite literally has one of the strongest voices in the primaries by their own example.

[–] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

By the time I vote in the presidential primary there is typically one name on my ballot.

[–] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world -5 points 1 week ago

Sometimes its because of superdelegates, sometimes its because of a mysterious series of coin flips, sometimes its because primaries are cancelled this year.

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is it because you didn't register? Because everyone that I know got a ballot for the primary. And there was more on it than just the presidential pick.

Nah I got my ballot and voted in it. California's vote just rarely matters in primaries even on super Tuesday since we're on PST