MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoLetters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trumpwww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square235fedilinkarrow-up1604arrow-down177
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minus-squarepumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down3·15 hours ago indirectly Say there are 9 voters. Four vote for Trump. Five heavily disagree with Trump (more than Trump’s four supporters). Three of them vote for Harris, two refuse to vote. Then these two people helped Trump since he’s winning now. It works exactly the same on a much larger scale.
minus-squarePeggyLouBaldwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down9·edit-28 hours agoThe only votes that help a candidate are votes for that candidate. A non-vote doesn’t help any candidate.
minus-squareYeetPics@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-21 hour agoIf you’re using a FPTP system: it absolutely and directly affects the outcome you fucking dolt. You can just say that you don’t understand the systems in place and move on, you don’t have to die on this hill.
Say there are 9 voters. Four vote for Trump. Five heavily disagree with Trump (more than Trump’s four supporters). Three of them vote for Harris, two refuse to vote. Then these two people helped Trump since he’s winning now.
It works exactly the same on a much larger scale.
The only votes that help a candidate are votes for that candidate. A non-vote doesn’t help any candidate.
If you’re using a FPTP system: it absolutely and directly affects the outcome you fucking dolt.
You can just say that you don’t understand the systems in place and move on, you don’t have to die on this hill.