I’ve just proudly cast my mail-in ballot. I didn’t vote for Harris, and I didn’t vote for Trump.

I chose to stand with the working class and voted for Rachele Fruit of the Socialist Workers Party!

So to everyone on Lemmy who’s been speculating about my vote, or that I live in Russia, or whatever other bizarre shit y’all come up with, you can stop now. :)

I’ve made my choice, and it’s one that aligns with real worker power and revolutionary change—not the crumbs the duopoly tosses our way.

  • @GroundedGator
    7•3 days ago

    You essentially threw your vote away in a first past the pole system. In our system only 2 candidates have a chance, because to win you have to have a simple majority of the electoral. There is no mathematical way for a third party to be viable.

    Your choice is only on the ballot in 6 states. All 6 states award their electoral votes in a winner take all manner. Those states have a total of 58 electoral votes, far below the 270 required to win.

    It sucks but this is the system we live in.

    • Socialist Mormon SatanistOPM
      -11•3 days ago

      The idea that only two candidates can ever be viable in this broken system is exactly why it must be challenged.

      My vote for Rachele Fruit is a vote to break free from the duopoly’s stranglehold, to build a movement that doesn’t settle for “the way things are,” but fights for the way things should be.

      Change doesn’t come from accepting the status quo; it comes from defying it.

      • @gdog05
        4•3 days ago

        I get that you want to vote for something different and more aligned. I get the sentiment, I get the want to do right. That doesn’t mean the reality changes because of your desires. Voting into the trashbin does not change the voting system or the electorate. If it were that easy it would already be done. To make the change you want, you will have to give up your free time and work the system. And then give up more free time and work people. And if you’re lucky, become charismatic enough to affect real change while you do all of that.

      • @makyoEnglish
        2•3 days ago

        Your vote isn’t going to change anything - you and me and a bunch of other people are going to have to work hard the other 364 days if we want to actually get reform.

      • @GroundedGator
        2•3 days ago

        I won’t disagree that it should be changed, but a protest vote is not the way. This is unlikely to change at the national level anytime soon, but things can be changed at the state and local levels. Push for ranked choice or star voting so that we can start moving towards meaningful votes and people can safely vote their conscience.

        • Socialist Mormon SatanistOPM
          -8•3 days ago

          It’s a done deal. My vote has been cast and sent in. And I already push for ranked choice. Thank you!