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[–] Krono@lemmy.today -1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm thankful that I live in a solid blue state so I dont have to vote for either genocidal candidate.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You do have to vote for a good candidate though …. I challenge you: from one blue state to another, who can get the biggest margin of victory? My state vs yours (assuming we’re different) …60% Harris? 65% Harris? Can we do 70%?

Also in both the best case scenario and the worst case scenario, it’s very helpful to demonstrate the largest popular vote win for Harris. Politicians might turn like a windmill, spin like a whirlpool, but they do pay some attention to votes

[–] Krono@lemmy.today 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I challenge you from one blue state to another, dont vote for any candidate who has pledged support for Netanyahu's genocide.

The margin that matters is 5%, can a third party break the 5% barrier and get matching national funds? It will be the first step in breaking this evil duopoly and the "lesser of two evils" disaster that is destroying our democracy.

[–] mojo_raisin@lemmy.bestiver.se 1 points 1 month ago

What exactly do you think will happen if Harris is defeated? What evidence do you have for these beliefs?

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

And yet voting is about more than one issue. Atricities are happening in more than one theater. There’s more to life than one atrocity no matter how big. A US leader occasionally takes time off from running Israel to run US

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You're happy with the outcome but still gotta say you don't approve of the outcome? Kinda weirder than just voting the better choice, but what do I know I guess.

[–] Krono@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago

I'm not happy with the outcome at all, we are going to have another right wing president who explicitly supports genocide. Even though I find Harris to be abhorrent and disgusting, she is obviously the lesser of two evils.