It’s October, and the political environment is really, really, REALLY bad for the Republican Party.

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[–] 26 points 1 month ago (1 child)

It’s propaganda to keep democrats and centrists away from the polls “because winning is a sure thing”.

Happens every single election.

Vote, and vote in numbers too big to be cheated.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    The unthinkable idea for me would be to vote for a republican. I wouldn’t vote for a republican even for a dog shit picker upper position!

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    I actually did vote for a Republican candidate. Just one. I voted for the R for jail warden, because the previous administration was responsible for the highest fatality rate in any jail in the US. The previous guy wasn't running, but his second in command was. When I researched the R candidate, he had just been involved in some tax avoidance scandals, not the deaths of hundreds of people.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    To me, as a Norwegian, the thought of feeling so tied/connected/whatever to a political party that you essentially hand them your vote no matter what, for life, is very strange. I've voted for what must be 6 or 7 different parties, so far in my life. My vote goes to the party whose policies most closely align with my own thoughts (at the time) on how and what to address, and the people I feel are most likely to follow through on their promises.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Aww yeah first time I’ve seen the bulwark on lemmy! Can’t recommend them enough, Sarah’s latest book is a fascinating explanation of what’s going on with us voters, I highly recommend reading it if you want to understand the insane contradictions in the US populace

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  • This will be more reason why leftists who wouldn’t vote anyways not to vote again.

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    [–] 12 points 1 month ago

    Don't listen to this. Vote like this will be the last election you ever get to vote in because if you don't it may just be.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Let me guess: three-time Trump voters who would absolutely vote for him if he was running again but are temporarily inconvenienced

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