• @[email protected]
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    172 months ago

    And from a casual perspective, telling people their vote is pointless is (a) a way to show them you’re an asshole, (b) mostly pointless, and © quite possibly true regardless of how they vote.

    • @Cryophilia
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      22 months ago

      On the other hand, I believe we all have a duty to make fun of Russian propagandists

    • @[email protected]
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      22 months ago

      Its more accurate to say the worth of a vote can approach but never be zero. Maybe people struggle with the fact that in a presidential race, their vote is one amongst tens or hundreds of millions.

      • @[email protected]
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        12 months ago

        What you wrote is true in systems that use the popular vote. It’s not true for states that use winner take all under the electoral college.

        What’s the difference? If you are a minority voter in a non-swing state, your vote is worth zero. That’s slightly, but importantly, less than 1/300,000,000.

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          12 months ago

          Is your take that if your vote doesnt go to the eventual winner then its worthless? You factually cannot say that anyones vote is worthless at this point in time.