• Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    16 hours ago

    I don’t get this. 3rd party will never win. Ever. There are two real options.

    People are voting third party because you believe there are only 2 real options.

    Vote for the one that offers the best outcome for you.

    Gotcha, we should vote for Claudia De La Crúz.

    Not doing that is accepting that you are ok with the worst of the two, because you had a chance to keep them out of office and choose not to.

    Both Trump and Harris are the worst options, that’s why we are going against them.

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      11 hours ago

      How is voting for her the best option. Literally all she can do is benefit the Republicans by pulling votes from the Dems. Hell, in Georgia they’ve literally ruled that votes for her won’t be counted even though she’s on the ballot.

      Her winning the US Presidential election is less-likely than winning the power all 25 consecutive times by finding the winning ticket on the ground at random truck stops in Malaysia.

      • jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        4 hours ago

        context matters. you have no idea what state many people live in. I, for example, live in a reliably blue stronghold. harris will win no matter how I vote. so I don’t vote for democrats when when there is a better option on the ballot.

        There is no value in voting for a party that doesn’t support my values/interests. I personally don’t like many of de la cruz’s policies, they are poorly constructed, however I think she likely has a better moral compass and backbone than harris does. I’m giving harris until the end of the week to fix her positions on khan and ideally irsael, but i doubt she will so she wont be getting my vote.

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          4 hours ago

          I personally don’t like many of de la cruz’s policies, they are poorly constructed

          Which policies do you believe are poorly constructed?

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        11 hours ago

        For a few reasons.

        1. If you have no red line in the sand, then that gives the Dems free reign to do whatever they please.

        2. It helps boost PSL’s platform, which is revolutionary, and therefore important to get new members

        3. If she gets more than 5% of the vote, then PSL gets better ballot access and public funding

        4. It helps delegitimize the electoral system.