• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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    Do you even remember the point of this discussion? I disagreed with another commenter on the reliability of the moderate Democratic vote, citing the sizable abstentions in the 2016 election by progressives. You blamed the candidate. We’re looking at the exact same situation this election. It’s too late for Biden to step down, and he against Trump again.

    Are you really going to blame the candidate again now that America saw the direct impact of abstention in 2016 giving Trump the win? The repercussions of this election rests completely on the shoulders of voters.

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        4 months ago

        And you seem to think voting is some personal commitment to a candidate and not the simple numbers game that politicians use to gain control.

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          4 months ago

          Centrists are so fucking exhausting. Do any of you see voters as humans instead of demographics to be marketed to and exploited?

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            I’m not a centrist. I’m an informed progressive who leverages my vote to get the closest elector to my ideals that is available. That absolutely results in “settling” to prevent another backslide in policy from a Republican win.

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              I’m not a centrist.

              if you say so.

              I’m an informed progressive who leverages my vote to get the closest elector to my ideals that is available.

              And yet you can’t see that humans aren’t numbers.

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                I never said humans were numbers. That was your accusation.

                I said elections were about numbers. Ask any political scientist.

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                    4 months ago

                    Strategic votes. Not people. If it were an actual representation of people, then Trump would never have been President, having lost the popular vote in 2016.