Who do you feel you’re “showing” anything with a protest vote?
I really don’t know how to explain this further and at this point your questions feel very disingenuous.
It’s not invisible to the people who need to see it.
If that protest vote is the only means by which you’re hoping to accomplish anything on Election Day
Why would you assume that, other than that it’s just what you want to believe? Do you also assume this about people who vote for Kamala and Trump?
Negative, Ghost Rider. But there are plenty of public ones. Try AdminForge.
My friends could not care less. I even offered to let them use it for free. They just mock me about it.
with 99.9% accuracy that a fascist is elected if people vote for an alternate party
Just straight up blatant lies here.
There are a million other ways to protest/lobby
I can’t think of a more powerful protest.
like AOC/Bernie.
I would vote for either in a heartbeat but I can’t because they won’t be on the ballot. They will step down and insist you vote for Kamala instead. And even if they were you would insist that I not vote for them anyway because it’s still “throwing away” my vote.
When either party puts forward a candidate without immediately-disqualifying horrendous traits, I will vote for them. But that absolutely never happens. It is almost always the worst-possible candidate, without even considering their political positions. They all accept massive donations from mega-PACs and a deplorable history of selfishness and lies.
Holy shit, you are, okay. A protest vote, as the name suggests, protests the current system by showing that we would rather take time out of our day to show up to the polls and “throw away” our votes than to participate and be complicit in the current, forced 2-party system, where they both put forward absolute fucking rat-shit candidates, year after year after year.
Like, should I show my support for the fucking pathologically-lying felonious authoritarian sex abuser with the vocabulary of a 3rd-grader? Or the former DA who did what DAs do in the early '00s, and obscured exculpatory evidence so she could send people to live out the rest of their lives in a fucking prison in order to further her career (AKA a fucking psychopath), and whose main qualification is being a half-black female?
Now you may not like that, especially if you oppose voter reform, but don’t be disingenuous by pretending to not understand how it works.
Are you asking me how protests work? Is that really something that requires explanation?
You know that’s not how elections work
WTF are you talking about? That’s exactly how they work, and its what the person I replied to suggested I do about it.
here are some lists of third-party candidates in the US:
This is just a list of people I’ve been repeatedly told in this thread that I should not vote for…?
It’s a good thing I vote responsibly then. An irresponsible vote would be one that perpetuates the current, broken system.
and have edge cases where someone unpopular gets elected
As opposed to the current system, where someone unpopular always gets elected?
Making major changes to a system that has worked for 248 years
It hasn’t worked. It’s deeply flawed and we currently use the worst-possible process, rooted in ancient history.
And I will repeat the same thing I told the other person who said this. Who should I vote for? What politicians are supporting and advocating for reforming US elections? The answer is none of them, because they’d be lambasted and shunned for trying to upend the status quo.
I’m not gonna answer that question. I don’t have the perfect answer ready for you.
That’s okay, I don’t expect a “perfect” answer, but what you’re revealing about yourself by not putting forward an answer is that you don’t care about our wants, you’re just mad that we’re not doing what you want.
People tell me all the time voting is how to get what you want, so that’s what I’ve done and what I’ll continue to do.
the Spoiler Effect
Yes, I’m very familiar. Once again, I think this is just manipulating people into your desired outcome. I’m very happy to “spoil” my vote by advocating for someone I actually support, rather than throwing it away on someone I don’t. The fault lies with the system, not with me.
Changing the voting system so that third parties are actually possible.
And why would anyone do that when everyone takes time out of their day to express their approval for the existing 2 parties?
The only evidence we have is that not enough people vote third party.
If you watched that video you probably realized we are using the worst possible voting system and are actively advocating for reforming the American voting process?
LOL and how do you suppose we make third parties viable? Thoughts and prayers?
Thank you for confirming that you think of me as your bitch
So, just to be clear, “I think you’re my bitch” for expecting you to back up your statements? This is the logic you’re going with?
This after all is why I left Reddit - to come here to do exactly the same.
If everywhere you go smells like shit, maybe its time to check your shoes?
I never said I couldn’t back it up.
Actions speak louder than words. Or in this case, inaction.
Or I suppose you could try to goad me yet again into doing your homework for you
Your homework, not mine.
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