MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoLetters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trumpwww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square383fedilinkarrow-up1738arrow-down1105
arrow-up1633arrow-down1external-linkLetters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trumpwww.latimes.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square383fedilink
minus-squarestinerman [Ohio]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down9·1 month agoIn California, it doesn’t matter because the results are already known. In other states the calculus is a bit different.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·1 month agoOnline rhetoric sways voters in swing states. Your vote may not change the outcome, but your words might.
minus-squarestinerman [Ohio]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-21 month agoThat’s absolutely true, especially for a paper like the LA Times. I am dubious that there is any appreciable effect when it comes to random blogs and so forth.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·1 month agoI must have really pissed you off huh?
minus-squareSocialist Mormon Satanist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down12·1 month agoNot at all.
minus-squarethoro@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down4·1 month agoRight? Imagine believing there are enough conscientious progressives / leftists to flip CA red because of third party voting. Sure, Jan.
In California, it doesn’t matter because the results are already known. In other states the calculus is a bit different.
Online rhetoric sways voters in swing states. Your vote may not change the outcome, but your words might.
That’s absolutely true, especially for a paper like the LA Times. I am dubious that there is any appreciable effect when it comes to random blogs and so forth.
Good!
I must have really pissed you off huh?
Not at all.
Right? Imagine believing there are enough conscientious progressives / leftists to flip CA red because of third party voting. Sure, Jan.