I’ve been seeing a lot of anti-voting sentiment going around. Can’t believe I have to say this, but you need to vote. Not only is there more to the election than just the president. (State policy, Senate, house), but not voting is not an act of protest. C’mon guys

  • Binzy_Boi
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    59 months ago

    You know what also helps third parties? Votes.

    Without votes what purpose do they have in continuing?

    • FenrirIII
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      229 months ago

      There are no 3rd party conservative candidates. The cult of power (GOP) makes no room for competition. 3rd party candidates only exist to split the progressive/non-fascist and are usually funded by conservative donors for that very reason. If a 3rd party candidate was funded by grassroots support and had actually gained popularity by repressing a large constituency, the votes would mean something.

      • @Kalysta
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        79 months ago

        The Libertarian party is a third party conservative party and they did take votes away from Trump last election

      • @[email protected]
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        39 months ago

        I dunno, I don’t feel like a lot of otherwise dems (or at least not more than gop) would vote for RFK. And historically I don’t think the progressive side was voting for Ross Perot (as an independent) or the libertarians who still run within the gop like Ron or Rand Paul.