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For the editor and anyone else who does not understand math: people voting for Trump means Trump gets a vote.

A vote for Jill Stein means Trump does not get a vote.

Would you rather have someone vote third party or vote Trump?

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The whole thing feels like an argument intended to push people away rather than rally support.

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I’ve noticed a LOT of Lemmy’s seem to want to push people away rather than welcome or rally support when it comes to uncommitted voters or third-party voters… Very surprising to me.

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It’s almost like we expect bad faith interactions from people trying to interact with bad faith.

Weird, right?!

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For industryStandard and whoever else may not understand FPTP: a vote for Kamala is a vote against Trump

A vote for Jill Stein is not a vote against Trump, and in fact hurts Kamala’s chances the same way a Republican voting for RFK hurts Trump’s chances

Would you rather have someone vote to stop Trump or throw away their vote?

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In 2016 many Bernie Bro’s spite voted for Trump. Stein is leeching votes from Harris but also provides an alternative for what could have turned into spite voters.

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This is illogical, as it assumes someone voting for stein would vote for Harris, which isn’t the case.

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Jill stein is running against Trump

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Jill Stein is literally only running to steal Kamala votes to improve the chances of Trump winning

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Corporate says spot the difference here.

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For industryStandard and whoever else may not understand FPTP: a vote for Kamala is a vote against Trump

A vote for Jill Stein is not a vote against Trump, and in fact hurts Kamala

Would you rather have someone vote to stop Trump or throw away their vote?

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Exactly! I’ll share your downvotes…but you’re right.

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