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7 out of top 10 during Trump's presidential terms. My take is that civil duty to protest is stronger than voting for non-Republicans, maybe if elections were on saturdays instead of tuesdays...
You only have to vote once every 4 years. Do both.
Two years in most states. Every year in some states.
If you're only voting in the presidential election, then you are effectively giving Republicans your vote during midterms.
Absolutely vote in every election.
If there is a civic duty in a democracy, this is it.
Classic bad take
You can vote and protest, they're not mutually exclusive
Stop trying to divide the left
not sure which 2 halves i am trying to divide, just concerned Trump won despite having record protests
Exactly. Theyre not mutually exclusive. There is a lnown issue with working class people not being able to take time off on tuesdays to go vote. If elections were saturdays, maybe there would be a better turn out.
I feel like this argument doesnt hold as much water as it used to with how easy it is to vote by mail or use early voting. At least in the 3 locations ive been for the last presidential election
Who said they were mutually exclusive?