Moderates would rather lose to fascists than compromise with leftists and progressives.

  • Idreamofcheesy@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I live in a solidly red state. The odds of it flipping in the next 20 years is nil. If I vote 3rd party, it

    1. tells the entrenched parties that I’d rather have a lunatic than either of their candidates and
    2. cause more infighting in the RNC as they will assume the lost vote was meant for them.
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      8 months ago

      Sad that the system disincentives people in safe states to take their vote seriously. I get it, though. I protest voted in a safe state in 2016. Just… remember that if things go south, the knowledge that your vote was pointless doesn’t always erase all of the guilt.

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      8 months ago

      If you want to cause infighting in the RNC, organise a campaign to write in the name of some other Republican. Mitt Romney, or Liz Cheney.