PHOENIX (AP) – The 2024 presidential election is drawing an unusually robust field of independent, third party and long shot candidates hoping to capitalize on Americans’ ambivalence and frustration over a likely rematch between Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump.

  • stopthatgirl7OP
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    12 years ago

    I think a lot of people thinking about voting third party are going to need reasons TO vote for someone, not reasons to not vote for the other guy. Telling them “it’s just voting for Trump” isn’t going to convince them.

    And no, I’m not planning on voting third party. But finger-wagging won’t convince anyone already looking elsewhere.

    • @lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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      02 years ago

      In other words lots of people have an incredibly childish attitude about voting and are completely prepared to throw a little tantrum in the voting booth even if it means fascists get to take over the whole federal government. I’m becoming pretty convinced that people like that are just incapable of rational decision making.

      • @APassenger@lemmy.world
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        02 years ago

        I haven’t seen Dark Brandon in a while. Like, months.

        I vote FOR Dark Brandon. I’ll give Biden my vote over Trump. Those are different things, even if the objective measure looks the same.

        I’d like to vote for DB and get him.

          • @APassenger@lemmy.world
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            02 years ago

            It’s been a few days so this thread should largely be inert.

            I’m not sure who you were replying to because it wasn’t me.

            I said nothing about Israel. I said I’d give him my vote. Your tone was dismissive to someone who wrote what you wanted to read, but I did not say or imply.

            Not interested in a flame war, only discussion. If you respond with hostility or more bad faith, you’ll get the last word - I’ll not reply.

              • @APassenger@lemmy.world
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                02 years ago

                I used a rhetorical device to easily distinguish what excites me about him being president versus what’s meh. It worked and works.

                Most people know they aren’t going to see a DB meme for the Israel topic *that you introduced from… Somewhere? *

                He’s chalked up wins and I know he’ll end up with L’s. But I prefer seeing him using his political capital on the economy, green energy, trust busting, courts… The virtuous things Roosevelts did.

                You keep implying I said something I didn’t and your post history is argumentative. Smart, but too many elbows. This will be my last reply.