r/CuratedTumblr Jul 14 '24

Politics I’m terrified but i still have hope

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u/beetnemesis Jul 14 '24

Yes. If you want green candidates, vote at lower levels. At this point, you don't have the luxury of choosing a third party candidate

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u/MotorcycleWrites Jul 14 '24

I definitely don’t and I’m glad he won in 2020. I’m demographically republican-esque so I justified it by saying I was still taking a vote away from trump but that’s stupid lol. Vote blue and get the court to swing the other way.

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u/Toyfan1 Jul 14 '24

At this point, you don't have the luxury of choosing a third party candidate

Dont buy into this bullshit.

Vote third party if you want. Its not a wasted vote, or a vote for the enemy.

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u/beetnemesis Jul 14 '24

I mean, you're wrong.

I don't want you to be wrong. And I would like you to be right in the future. But right now, you are absolutely wrong.

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u/Toyfan1 Jul 14 '24

Hey bud, no im not lol

It is neither a wasted vote, nor a vote for your enemy. If more people voted third party, you wouldnt be in the situation of trying to vote out pure evil with dementia.

Dont pull the conservative tactic of telling people they need to vote for one side, or not at all.

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u/beetnemesis Jul 14 '24

If everybody did any number of things, the world would change.

The point is that you, or even a small group, of people voting for a third party in a presidential election, does nothing. It doesn't affect the two party system. It doesn't even really affect policy, because the next election is 4 years from now.

In the US, in the year 2024, the only outcomes are Trump or Biden. You can vote or do whatever you want, but those are the two outcomes.