Seem like not endorsing the government or the blue party will get you banned for trolling at climate@slrpnk.net

  • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    There’s not such thing as “wasted votes”.

    In electoral college and winner-takes-it-all systems (like the one in use in that election) votes for candidates not endorsed by large groups of voters have no effect on the outcome. You can lie to yourself, but this is not a European country. If a party doesn’t get a huge group of voters committed long before the election, it’s over for them.

    Yes, people can vote for whoever they like, but only two options ultimately count. The rest is basically discarded on the electors stage.

    • KⒶMⒶLⒶ WⒶLZ 2Ⓐ24@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      votes for candidates not endorsed by large groups of voters have no effect on the outcome

      i think 2016 jill stein voters are owed an apology then. and the 2000 nader voters

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      2 months ago

      All it takes for a party to get a huge group of voters is a pop start with a huge group of fans endorsing the party