• commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    8
    arrow-down
    39
    ·
    7 months ago

    vote for whoever you want, guilt-free

    i do this now. the only decision i have left to make is whether it’s going to be jill stein or cornel west.

        • Empricorn@feddit.nl
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          19
          arrow-down
          3
          ·
          7 months ago

          It was a joke. But functionally, you’re throwing your vote away. If you care so much about 3rd-party candidates, instead help us pass ranked-choice voting!

          • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            4
            arrow-down
            21
            ·
            7 months ago

            If you care so much about 3rd-party candidates

            honestly, i don’t. i vote because it takes like no effort, but i vote for people i actually want to win. i’m not terribly invested in whether they do, though: every politician i’ve ever voted for who won turned out to be a terrible disappointment.

            • Empricorn@feddit.nl
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              11
              arrow-down
              3
              ·
              7 months ago

              every politician i’ve ever voted for who won turned out to be a terrible disappointment.

              Weird. Based on your comments, you’re clearly a rational, empathetic individual open to intelligent discussion, so the issue can’t be you

          • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            2
            arrow-down
            22
            ·
            7 months ago

            help us pass ranked-choice voting!

            no, thank you. i don’t want that system any more than the current one.

          • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            3
            arrow-down
            22
            ·
            7 months ago

            i don’t see the point of this question. it’s clearly rhetorical. if you have something to say, say it.

              • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                2
                arrow-down
                12
                ·
                edit-2
                7 months ago

                theres no expertise needed. we can ask him why he chose to run as a democrat.

                “There’s no secret that I think that the Democratic Party has not been vigorous enough in standing up for working families. I’ve said that repeatedly and I say it again,” Sanders told Seven Days. “On the other hand, I will also tell you [there are] some great people in the Democratic Party that I work closely with. But right now, it seems to me the most effective and practical way to go forward is to participate in the Democratic primary process.”

          • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            2
            arrow-down
            24
            ·
            7 months ago

            you don’t need to know anything about so-called “third party” politics to know that if you count a vote for one person as another, that’s illegal and it is not the policy to count green votes as republican votes.

            • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              6
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              edit-2
              7 months ago

              This is a weird comment. It’s not “so called,” It’s actually called third party politics. And Bernie is the longest serving third party politician I think ever, at least in modern history.