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Originally Posted by Gumbo
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I know a few people who are going to vote for a candidate just because they don't like the other candidate. But they don't like the candidate they are voting for either. So I tell them to just not vote. Why waste a vote on someone you don't like just cause you don't like the other candidate even more?
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Contrary to what everyone on the internet apparently thinks, they aren't the only two presidential candidates on the ballot (at least in my state). It's worth hitting the polls just for that.
There's likely going to be some stronger representation from 'third party' candidates (libertarian candidates, maybe Green party as well) than in past elections thanks to voters dissatisfied with the two big ticket candidates. While they have no chance at winning, it's evidence of the beginnings of some serious political upheaval that goes beyond the toddlerific 'he said she said insert pithy zinger here' state of politics at the moment.
I think most people will just be happy this is over with for now. It's been a shitshow ever since those two got picked for the ticket. Not to mention the majority Republican states have been closing down polling locations and trying to cut back early voting specifically to target minorities (which they state baldly in court - predominantly black areas tend to also be predominantly Democratic), so lines in the South are gonna be long as hell. (Google North Carolina voter suppression if you're curious - that's just one example.)