• Communist
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    that accomplishes nothing but improving the odds of your last choice. It’s not like your vote is an endorsement… everyone knows about strategic voting, so, the fact that you’re voting strategically makes it obvious that you don’t support that person just because you voted for them.

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      I doesn’t improve either candidate’s chances at all. And voting is an endorsement, no matter how much you pretend otherwise.

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          Not voting for the candidate when you could’ve doesn’t improve the opponents odds?

          No, it doesn’t. Not voting for a candidate neither increases nor decreases their chances. Voting for a candidate is what increases their chances, voting for their opponent is what decreases them.

          Actually mathematically false. You’re saying 1+1=4 because if it doesn’t your feefees will be hurt.

          Nope, it’s actually mathematically false, you’re the one twisting numbers around. Remove me from existence and Trump and Kamala’s chances will be the same, so I’m not increasing or decreasing either’s chances.

          Voting is in no way shape or form an endorsement of anything

          Definitionally, endorsing a candidate is when you say, “This candidate is the best choice and I intend to vote for them.” It doesn’t mean, “I agree with everything this candidate says or does.” If you vote for a candidate, tell people you vote for them, and encourage others to vote for them, that is definitionally an endorsement.

          You’re obviously a teenager whose brain has not fully developed. If you’re an adult, god help us.

          I’m in my 30’s. You’re just wrong about everything you said.

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            Seriously man… how many people are you going to let eat your lunch before you just tap out?

            You’re all over this post getting wrecked left and right. Just stop man. It’s getting sad.

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              if you choose not to, you will decrease their chances

              False. If you chose not to, the chances remain the same.

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                20 days ago

                Yes, the same, which is WORSE for the candidate you prefer.

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                  No, the same which is the same for the candidate you prefer. The chances only change if you vote for them or for their opponent. It is objectively, mathematically false to say that the chances change when you do nothing, it’s not even a coherent statement, doing nothing by definition changes nothing.

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                    and the same is a lower chance for the candidate you prefer than if you had voted for them.

                    How are you confused by this???

                    if you vote for kamala

                    +1 chance for kamala

                    if you do not vote

                    +0 chance for kamala

                    If trump is an option, and you didn’t increase the chance for kamala, you have increased the chance for trump