@MicroWave to politics English • 4 months agoLetters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trumpwww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square380arrow-up1738arrow-down1105cross-posted to: politicsunfiltered
arrow-up1633arrow-down1external-linkLetters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trumpwww.latimes.com@MicroWave to politics English • 4 months agomessage-square380cross-posted to: politicsunfiltered
minus-squarestinermanlinkfedilinkEnglish0•4 months agoIn California, it doesn’t matter because the results are already known. In other states the calculus is a bit different.
minus-square@Cryophilialink12•4 months agoOnline rhetoric sways voters in swing states. Your vote may not change the outcome, but your words might.
minus-squarestinermanlinkfedilinkEnglish-1•edit-24 months agoThat’s absolutely true, especially for a paper like the LA Times. I am dubious that there is any appreciable effect when it comes to random blogs and so forth.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•4 months agoRight? Imagine believing there are enough conscientious progressives / leftists to flip CA red because of third party voting. Sure, Jan.
In California, it doesn’t matter because the results are already known. In other states the calculus is a bit different.
Online rhetoric sways voters in swing states. Your vote may not change the outcome, but your words might.
That’s absolutely true, especially for a paper like the LA Times. I am dubious that there is any appreciable effect when it comes to random blogs and so forth.
Good!
I must have really pissed you off huh?
Not at all.
Right? Imagine believing there are enough conscientious progressives / leftists to flip CA red because of third party voting. Sure, Jan.