Letters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trump - eviltoast
    • pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.works
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      15 hours ago

      indirectly

      Say there are 9 voters. Four vote for Trump. Five heavily disagree with Trump (more than Trump’s four supporters). Three of them vote for Harris, two refuse to vote. Then these two people helped Trump since he’s winning now.

      It works exactly the same on a much larger scale.

      • PeggyLouBaldwin@lemmy.world
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        8 hours ago

        The only votes that help a candidate are votes for that candidate. A non-vote doesn’t help any candidate.

        • YeetPics@mander.xyz
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          1 hour ago

          If you’re using a FPTP system: it absolutely and directly affects the outcome you fucking dolt.

          You can just say that you don’t understand the systems in place and move on, you don’t have to die on this hill.

    • ochi_chernye@startrek.website
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      15 hours ago

      In the actual world, governed by actual mathematics, you are incorrect. This has been repeatedly pointed out to you, with illustrative examples, by many people. Your stubborn, willful ignorance cannot change the fabric of reality.