Acoltc@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 11 months agoPresidential debates set for Texas, Virginia and Utah as RFK Jr. looks to be first independent on stage in 3 decadesnypost.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down119
arrow-up1-6arrow-down1external-linkPresidential debates set for Texas, Virginia and Utah as RFK Jr. looks to be first independent on stage in 3 decadesnypost.comAcoltc@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareZombiepirate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·11 months agoYou’re right, I bet RFK can fix everything.
minus-squareAcoltc@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down9·11 months agoLet’s keep voting in the same 2 parties that push terrible candidates. One is a psychopath. The other is senile. Great solution!
minus-squareZombiepirate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·11 months agoAh, so the smart play is to not have a say at all by voting for a conspiratorial idiot. Truly 4d chess!
minus-squareAcoltc@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down8·11 months agoThere is no loss if the candidate you vote for does not win. Voting for a candidate you don’t support genuinely means you have no say. Also, since you asked I am fully vaccinated.
minus-squareZombiepirate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·11 months agoIf your office is buying lunch and asks you to vote for cheese, pepperoni, or write in something else it’s be ridiculously misguided to write in anchovies as the last person. You’re guaranteeing that your choice does not matter. Which, I mean, fine with me.
minus-squareAcoltc@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·11 months agoThat’s not how voting in the US works. Look into the electoral college.
minus-squareZombiepirate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-211 months agoIt’s how first past the post works. This is basic stuff. How many EVs go to the third place in your State?
minus-squareAcoltc@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down7·11 months agoYou’re oversimplifying. That is not how voting in the US works.
minus-squareZombiepirate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·11 months agoAlmost like that’s the whole point of a metaphor.
You’re right, I bet RFK can fix everything.
Let’s keep voting in the same 2 parties that push terrible candidates. One is a psychopath. The other is senile. Great solution!
Ah, so the smart play is to not have a say at all by voting for a conspiratorial idiot.
Truly 4d chess!
There is no loss if the candidate you vote for does not win. Voting for a candidate you don’t support genuinely means you have no say.
Also, since you asked I am fully vaccinated.
If your office is buying lunch and asks you to vote for cheese, pepperoni, or write in something else it’s be ridiculously misguided to write in anchovies as the last person.
You’re guaranteeing that your choice does not matter.
Which, I mean, fine with me.
That’s not how voting in the US works. Look into the electoral college.
It’s how first past the post works.
This is basic stuff.
How many EVs go to the third place in your State?
You’re oversimplifying. That is not how voting in the US works.
Almost like that’s the whole point of a metaphor.
Yes but what about Biden?