• agent_nycto@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Yeah you sure showed him. He’s sad in the oval office over it. Good job, you helped get him elected.

    • Matty Roses@lemmy.today
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      9 hours ago

      Please explain to me how my vote for De La Cruz in NY (which went for Kamala) helped Trump get elected?

      Show your work, because apparently you don’t understand how elections work.

      • agent_nycto@lemmy.world
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        6 hours ago

        Look, I hate the whole blue no matter who bullshit, too. And yeah, maybe your specific vote, for someone who didn’t win, didn’t change history. But you gotta admit that the system as it was, and is, does not favor splitting the the vote, since it’s winner takes all. Since we have only two parties powerful enough to potentially win on the national level, if you don’t like Republicans, you’re stuck with Democrats. If you don’t like Democrats, you’re stuck with Republicans. With the system as it is now, on a national level, that’s what we’re working with.

        I want to fix that. We should fix that. I’d like to see the Republicans and Democrats ousted. I want to see ranked choice voting. I think you feel the same and I’m not even sure why you’re arguing with me at this point.

        But if we want to have meaningful impact, we have to still work with this broken car we’re riding in while working on changing it for something better.

        So yeah, vote third party at local levels and work our way up, push for voter reform and build a system that is more equitable, but also vote strategically. We no longer vote for, we vote against.