Biden announced he's ending his bid for the presidency via X (formerly twitter).
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you were considering not voting for Biden when Trump was the alternative?
A very common position among the lemmy crowd, unfortunately. I really don't expect much to change either, just swap Harris for Biden in the hit pieces.
I've disengaged from political news and discussion over the last few years for my mental health, and this confirms that was the right move. shit is driving me crazy.
I don't know how to make it clear: I live in California. If I voted for a ham sandwich for president it would have the same impact as voting for Biden. My state's EC is clear and chosen, and popular vote doesn't decide the president otherwise we'd never have Trump. I was considering going Greens, but I'm looking forward to Harris. Get mad at undecideds in Swing States and Trump supporters, not a registered Democrat in California.
CA still has republicans in congress so please still vote.
I'm trying to. I live in the district Kevin McCarthy was in. His replacement isn't great. Our blanket primary was "Republican backed by Kevin and Trump" and "Republican backed by conservative think tanks and Trump staff".
I've considered running for office using a form of leftist talks masked like Republican talking points. But an openly queer leftist in Republican territory won't go well, unless I figure out what urn I want ahead of time.
Well keep on fighting. 😊
Even if we lose in 2024, we keep fighting.
Naw I think this change wins it. But vote regardless 😜
Yes. But I'm in California. My vote for President doesn't matter. My local ballots do.
and what benefit do you think not voting for Biden would have gotten you?
Not all of us live in swing states. It's weird that so many people act as if that's the case online.
I don't care where you live, vote.
I never said I wasn't going to vote.
so you’re going to vote, but not for biden because of galaxy brained electoral college games. this isn’t time to fuck around with rhetorical voting no matter how safe you think your state is.