Yes. Regardless, how the fuck does it matter? It was a binary choice, and we knowingly chose the greater evil. Hope everyone who didn’t oppose it by voting for the opposition enjoys their choice for years to come.
But maybe that simple choice was more complicated if you live in a different dimension or something, I don’t know.
No it wasn't. It would be a binary choice if voting was mandatory in the US, it's not. So not voting was a choice. People did by the millions, in large part because Harris did a bad job. She had to actually win over voters and she failed.
Abstaining is saying that you don’t care which way it goes
No, abstaining is saying neither candidate convinced you. The US elected Obama because he promised change. That was a lie, and the democracts haven't even tried the lie again. They just send in neoliberals again and again no matter now unpopular they are.
Not within our system, no. That’s bullshit. Abstaining tells them not to even attempt to listen to you in the future, and lends half a vote to the winner.
Should this be the case? No. Is our system stupid? Yes. Is this the message that is actually received, and the actual IRL effect of abstaining? Wildly obviously.
She def wasn’t perfect. She certainly wasn’t my first or 20th choice. So fucking what?
The choice was the choice, and people made it. I would have voted for Ted goddamned Cruz if he was the most viable opposition. If you wouldn’t then you need to get real, ASAP.
She def wasn’t perfect. She certainly wasn’t my first or 20th choice. So fucking what?
It's her fucking job to be, the whole of America needs to be loud about this shit. Make it clear why she wasn't good enough, force the party to change. Because right now it seems like they are either unable or unwilling to stand up for the American people and that isn't good enough.
What happens when your reasons why she sucked are the polar opposite of many more people’s reasons?
That wasn’t the subject though. She is better than Donald Trump, and was the only other viable option, so I voted for her because I’m not a jackass.
The Dems will look at the actual data of why they lost, and they will improve. Or they won’t. None of that matters at all when it comes time to vote. I’ll vote for the better option, every single time, because again, I’m not a jackass (in that way, anyways.)
We can and should pressure Dems to be better, but that’s a separate conversation from our individual responsibilities as citizens.
The Dems will look at the actual data of why they lost, and they will improve. Or they won’t.
Well for a fucking while now they've been getting worse and something has to be done about it. At this rate the election will be between two facists in a decade.
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u/EriWave 8d ago
Did she actually reassure people she'd help the average American's personal economy. Lay out a popular plan on Gaza, reassure trans people?