@[email protected] to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agoLetters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trumpwww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square362fedilinkarrow-up1740
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minus-squarestinermanlinkfedilinkEnglish10•9 months agoIn California, it doesn’t matter because the results are already known. In other states the calculus is a bit different.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•9 months agoRight? Imagine believing there are enough conscientious progressives / leftists to flip CA red because of third party voting. Sure, Jan.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•9 months agoOnline rhetoric sways voters in swing states. Your vote may not change the outcome, but your words might.
minus-squarestinermanlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-29 months agoThat’s absolutely true, especially for a paper like the LA Times. I am dubious that there is any appreciable effect when it comes to random blogs and so forth.
In California, it doesn’t matter because the results are already known. In other states the calculus is a bit different.
Right? Imagine believing there are enough conscientious progressives / leftists to flip CA red because of third party voting. Sure, Jan.
Online rhetoric sways voters in swing states. Your vote may not change the outcome, but your words might.
That’s absolutely true, especially for a paper like the LA Times. I am dubious that there is any appreciable effect when it comes to random blogs and so forth.
Good!
I must have really pissed you off huh?
Not at all.