I wrote a very long response but it appears to have vanished into the ether when I sent it so I’ll summarize here: Don’t assume how I vote, and voting is a relative choice, not a wholehearted personal endorsement. I legitimately believe Trump to be a bigger threat on the whole than Harris would be, to Palestine, Ukraine, and the US itself. Not voting isn’t choosing “none of the above”, and makes you complicit in the result that everyone else has chosen, since you have not reduced the chance of either candidate winning. The only legitimate protest against two equally bad options is voting third party. That’s all the points with none of the arguments, so if you disagree, I can explain in more detail.
I used to criticise people for voting third party but after gaining a greater understanding of the democratic party’s flaws I now agree that it’s justified. The better question is, do you believe it’s better? Don’t let people bully you out of making such an important civic choice. I think the benefits over not voting are pretty clear: You signal that you’re an active voting member who cares about politics and are available to vote if a party changed their positions enough, but that you don’t currently approve of what they’re doing. And you help contribute to the currently negligibly small chance of a third party being elected.
Also, fun fact, Nevada actually does have a “None of these candidates” ballot option!
I wrote a very long response but it appears to have vanished into the ether when I sent it so I’ll summarize here: Don’t assume how I vote, and voting is a relative choice, not a wholehearted personal endorsement. I legitimately believe Trump to be a bigger threat on the whole than Harris would be, to Palestine, Ukraine, and the US itself. Not voting isn’t choosing “none of the above”, and makes you complicit in the result that everyone else has chosen, since you have not reduced the chance of either candidate winning. The only legitimate protest against two equally bad options is voting third party. That’s all the points with none of the arguments, so if you disagree, I can explain in more detail.
If I vote third party people criticize me for that too 🤷
They don’t put ‘none of the above’ on ballots or I’d happily choose it.
I used to criticise people for voting third party but after gaining a greater understanding of the democratic party’s flaws I now agree that it’s justified. The better question is, do you believe it’s better? Don’t let people bully you out of making such an important civic choice. I think the benefits over not voting are pretty clear: You signal that you’re an active voting member who cares about politics and are available to vote if a party changed their positions enough, but that you don’t currently approve of what they’re doing. And you help contribute to the currently negligibly small chance of a third party being elected.
Also, fun fact, Nevada actually does have a “None of these candidates” ballot option!