Hi, just trying to be more aware of the world around me.Have you heard of Project 2025?I know a lot of people are really struggling with to vote or not to vo...
Keep watching to the end for what you can do about it.
For the record, I’m an advocate for everyone voting. I don’t think anyone should not vote as a protest. I just take issue with the analogy that a vote not for Biden is a vote for Trump. If you want to blame someone for Trump getting elected, blame those that voted for him.
Mathematically is kind of is though. At least that’s how it works out in a FPTP system. A 3rd party/non vote doesn’t carry as much weight as someone voting for Trump, but it still moves the needle in his direction. EDIT: to clarify this, GOP voters are generally the minority, that means the GOP candidate benefits more from a smaller pool of votes than the Democratic candidate does.
If you want to blame someone for Trump getting elected, blame those that voted for him.
I think you can blame both. The Trump voter deserves significantly more though.
This.
Every vote not for Biden wince is a vote for Trump
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Pretty sure they only tally up the people who actually for Trump as votes for Trump.
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TIL ostriches headbutt themselves
For the record, I’m an advocate for everyone voting. I don’t think anyone should not vote as a protest. I just take issue with the analogy that a vote not for Biden is a vote for Trump. If you want to blame someone for Trump getting elected, blame those that voted for him.
Mathematically is kind of is though. At least that’s how it works out in a FPTP system. A 3rd party/non vote doesn’t carry as much weight as someone voting for Trump, but it still moves the needle in his direction. EDIT: to clarify this, GOP voters are generally the minority, that means the GOP candidate benefits more from a smaller pool of votes than the Democratic candidate does.
I think you can blame both. The Trump voter deserves significantly more though.
His base will vote for him no matter what, they count on Democrats not bothering to vote or vote 3rd party. That’s how they won in 2016
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