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[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 46 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I might risk voting 3rd party if this election wasn't a choice between boring corporatists and 100% concentrated evil.

The stakes are just too damn high to risk letting Trump get back into the White House again.

[–] communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

it's not worth it until first past the post is removed.

Until then it's mathematically impossible for a third party candidate to win. Focus your energy instead on removing first past the post, then you have a chance

[–] Gurei@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The only time I went third party it wasn't to win. It was because I saw it as two main candudates so shirty that there was a good chance for third party to snag more voters than usual, possibly enough to gain slightly better recognition in the future.

The monkey's paw curled.

We got Trump. The recognition came as irrational blame for Trump.

I won't make the same mistake of voting for someone I think would do the best job. Now it's merely an effort to keep the worst viable candidate out.

[–] Grapho@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You do understand that this is exactly what the democrats and the GOP want? Most importantly, what the people funding both parties want. If you'll vote for an unelected enabler of genocide just to keep another guy out you're showing them morals don't come into the equation for your vote.

What's stopping them from running a charismatic fascist vs an unlikable one?

Stop blaming voters for the democratic party repeatedly choosing the most conservative candidate and pretending they did it for "electability", only to end up in tight races.

[–] Gurei@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago

What I want is to vote for someone I believe in. I don't get to have that in this current reality. So I opt to do the most good I can with what extremely little power I have. It doesn't matter what any other faction wants at that point. If the Republicans want my vote, they can stop presenting the greater evil.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Honesty is refreshing. I’m voting for Harris because I don’t want to see Trump’s orange face every week. Yes, I know what she is. Yes, I know what that makes me. I’ve made my peace with it. No, I don’t blame others who feel differently.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I've always critiqued the democrats but I'm so tired of trump. I will vote for a thousand boring democrats if it means removing these entitled, lying MAGA idiots from anything resembling power. They all belong in lunatic asylums, not in government.

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

This is the way.