• electric_nan@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    Absolutely right. All the people in my mentions are mad at this fact. I keep trying to tell them that it doesn’t matter what Stein’s whole platform is, as long as she has a saner opinion than the dems on genocide, she will be an alternative for a lot of people. Her voters know she won’t win, but they will not vote in support of a genocide! It’s not “single issue voting”, it’s having a moral baseline.

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      3 months ago

      It’s not “single issue voting”, it’s having a moral baseline.

      Sounds like both could be true at the same time.

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      3 months ago

      If someone is going to vote for Stein because of genocide they’re definitely not going to vote for Harris even if Stein wasn’t running.

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        3 months ago

        Some would, some wouldn’t.

        Edit: This is especially true right now, since there is a huge group of (otherwise dem) voters for whom the genocide is a dealbreaker. See the ‘Undecided’ movement for a clear example.