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Edit: good to see I woke the shills

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[–] BingoBangoBongo@midwest.social 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

America's education system at work.

[–] rchive@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you're in a state that goes consistently one way or the other, it's probably true that it doesn't matter. For president, at least.

I often vote third party, and I feel very comfortable doing that because my state is very consistent.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm very much against voter nihilism regardless of the statistics. Regardless of if I'm getting steam rolled or not, I'm putting pen to paper and I want the record to show that someone didn't agree with the mob - me, it was me. The US is a two party system and personally I think that sucks. You are definitely "throwing your vote away" by conventional wisdom in such a system, but if everyone thinks this way there is no hope for any traction or interest in advancing third parties - so I agree with this form of voter suicide.

[–] rchive@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Basically I think my vote matters even if it doesn't matter, so I vote for people I actually want. Lol. If there was a race where I had a strong preference between the two main party candidates and I thought my vote would have an impact, I'd ditch the third party for that race.