• @Funkwonker@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    717 hours ago

    What bothers me about the people taking the bit of time and effort to go vote for 3rd parties is that there’s really no point to it. Making sure your own vote doesn’t matter is insane to me when voting isn’t mandatory. They could’ve just done nothing and achieved the same outcome.

    • stebo
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      110 hours ago

      tbf if you don’t live in a swing state, your vote doesn’t really matter either way

      • @verdigris@lemmy.ml
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        347 minutes ago

        Brother, I’m voting against the party with the absolutely insane and oppressive declared policies. What are you talking about?

      • I’m happy for those people who have enough privilege to sit this election out; but to even try and imply that the two dominant parties are even similar is an insult when only one of them wants to fucking kill me.

        • @Saleh@feddit.org
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          -21 hour ago

          There is plenty of black and arab people, who are at an immediate threat by Trump too. But if it becomes normal to murder them abroad it is also easier for it to become normal at home.

    • BigAssFan
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      216 hours ago

      They only be a statistical footnote that almost nobody will notice.

      • Even if a notable number of people voted 3rd party, they’re still going to be treated the same as those who didn’t vote at all, because in a practical sense, thats what they are.