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Ask the Kamala voters in your life (hexbear.net)

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How many dead Palestinian kids will it take for you to change your vote?

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[-] MayoPete@hexbear.net 7 points 5 days ago

Sure. I want to see a big number for Jill and Claudia because that number can lead to more people becoming comfortable leaving the two-party system. We need to grow as a movement and that means getting a lot of Libs deprogrammed.

Also I'm assuming most people here are voting in local elections or ballot measures. Your vote for School Board is more impactful than your vote for President. Why not give PSL a vote while you're there?

[-] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

that number can lead to more people becoming comfortable leaving the two-party system.

I vote third party for that reason. I started voting third party with that expectation multiple elections ago, but I no longer have any delusion that people are going to follow the way I think just because I put it concretely.

I'm already planning on doing as you suggest, but without any belief in the consequentiality of it. Ultimately, my state will be won by a margin of 500k+ votes, and my vote for the PSL will mostly just make me feel good, and be able to say i-voted for PSL .

As someone who voted third party in the 2016 election and watched absolutely nothing change and nothing was even learned, I'm telling you to put your hope in more productive places.