• WhyDoYouPersist@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I agree and feel like I’m taking the same crazy pills I was on back in 2015-16. Shouldn’t even be a game with odds worth tuning in for, it should be a landslide. I remember how angry I was at the non-voting suckers back then. This time around, if you don’t vote, you better have a doctor’s note–considering the road we could end up going down.

    • CaptainEffort@sh.itjust.works
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      4 months ago

      Genuinely wondering, but I’m in a completely blue state. What’s the point of voting for the presidency where I live?

      Obviously if I were in a swing state or red state I’d vote though, to be clear.

      • TheLadyAugust@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        You shouldn’t just be voting for the presidency and I mean, while you’re there you may as well for no extra effort. But otherwise, The popular vote helps show the opinion of the majority. It might feel like a drop in the ocean, but every ocean is made of drops.

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        4 months ago

        By helping reinforce downstream ballot races too. Things start at a local level, look at what school boards and local judges are doing. But besides that it helps show numbers on a national level. Yea the electoral college still decides things but a large popular vote starts making a case against it especially if the electoral college is “close” in numbers.