#contested election

[aanews69]

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[elumish]

My September 2024 election reminder: ideological purity will not win you anything.

I see people on the left saying that they can't possibly vote for Harris because she's too pro-Israel, because she's too far to the right on immigration, because she's too far to the right on criminal justice, because she was a cop (she wasn't), because you think this policy or that policy is too conservative.

Not voting for her only increases the chances that we get a president who is even further to the right.

Those are our two choices. Like it or not, support the American political system or not, we have two choices, and one of them is further to the right on every single policy that you have opinions about.

So if you think Harris is too far to the right on Israel/Gaza, remember: Trump is so much further to the right. You don't like that the Biden administration is providing military aid to Israel (a thing that Harris cannot actually stop even if she wanted to, given that she's not president)? Trump has already proven, on a policy level, to be more pro-Israel. Remember when he moved the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, functionally acknowledging Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem? He is extremely pro-Israel and has materially proven it. Harris, on the other hand, has been calling for a cease fire since March and has recognized out loud the need for Palestinian sovereignty.

If you're wondering why she hasn't changed U.S. policy on Israel, I would like to remind you once again: she is not currently the President of the United States.

Holding on to your precious ideological purity and not voting for someone whose policies you find distasteful will not result in policies you like. It only increases the risk of policies that are so much further away from what you want.

Voting is public transportation. Voting is harm reduction. Voting is moving us a little bit closer towards the policies we want or, at the very least, keeping us from moving further and further away.

[collapsedsquid]

Really living in a safe state it's your duty to make sure the democrats lose the popular vote, A democratic presidential electoral college victory with a popular vote loss is possibly the only thing that will ever cause a abolition of the electoral college.

[janesurlife]

I think Americans will literally vote for a monkey wearing a shower cap if it's contesting against a woman.

[secretagentsagainstwhatever]

American’s are so funny, Chappell Roan basically said Kamala Harris is the lesser of two evils but still evil, and everyone’s acting like she’s a die hard Republican…whereas i don’t think i’ve ever met a single person from the UK who has voted Labour and actually LIKES the labour party lmao

[valyrfia]

You're so embarrassing. I literally hate that people think you represent Max fans, you people set him up every fucking time. Your post is littered with reblogs reminding everyone of his past mistakes because you don't fucking understand what the gpda director does or how he's elected otherwise you'd know it has nothing to with with who is popular or liked. Can you at least not fucking drag Max into your insane shit that you and your crazy friends keep making up in your mind?

I am literally a Charles fan why the HELL are people out here thinking I represent Max fans...

[dividedindiversity]

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[thedeafprophet]

I like gimmick poll competitions in theory but in practice it's never actually about what the theme is that wins, but whatever is most popular

that's a problem with pretty much all vote related things in fandom tbh

[explomb]

Am I American? no. But as someone who's into western politics the first week of November is going to be so stressful for me

[cyarsk5230]

Oh, fuck her too! That’s why her solo career never popped! And she was a terrible judge on the American version of the X factor too

[jup1tersparx]

:(

[fantastic-nonsense]

ugh….I hate trying to guess battleground House races. Senate and Governor races are so much easier 😭

currently scratching my head, sticking out my tongue, and throwing a dart at a dart board of "which polls do I think are the most accurate in these districts I haven't paid attention to since the 2022 midterms?"

[hocksburn]

man there is no way we r blaming the institution of racism on a popularity contest on tumblr dot com. not to mention that the nhl is not exclusively colorist, but also xenophobic and classist. and how, bc this is an international community, biases can widely differ. but thats another issue which is not going to be solved by the results and/or setup of a popularity contest on tumblr dot com.

can we try making more appreciative posts about players we love instead of nitpicking the setup of a popularity contest on tumblr dot com. because the appreciative post will draw more ppl to become fans of the players you love. shoutout to jason robertson nick robertson pojo and boko imama my beloveds. and also cody ceci recently discovered filipino icon

[brifdi-daily]

Day 20: Fan !

Source: Inanimate Insanity II & Inanimate Insanity Invitational [AnimationEpic]

i think i do not love this man the way other people do but thats ok. heres your internet boy

[cahirsmommy]

thank you esc for reminding me why 18 is a very sensible voting age

[amazonclimber]

Remember all the stuff I was saying about not knowing if I could vote for Harris? How I planned to vote for whoever the least-genocidal candidate was? Well, I went to vote early today, and it turns out, I didn’t have a choice in the matter. Because not a single one of them stepped up. The Greens weren’t on the ballot. Not in the Presidential election, not in the down ticket elections, not in a single local election. So many uncontested tickets where they could have maybe gotten in on spite, but they just didn’t bother.

So, ethical dilemma resolved, all thanks to the utter uselessness of actual progressives. C’mon, people, even the Libertarians got themselves on the ballot.