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I was at the gym the other day talking with a friend I see regularly. She says "I might not vote, I don't like either of them", I kept my mouth shut but I couldn't stop thinking like holy shit lady one is wayyy worse than the other. I've seen it before where people aren't aware the depth of Trump legal issues and general personality problems however i assumed it was because they only watched fox or something, but hearing it from her really threw me in for a loop. I cant believe I'm living in this reality
My sister lives in US ans is like that. She's not really conservative but the narrative that 'democrats only worry about trans people' got to her. You don't have to watch Fox for this. It's enough to for example work with conservative people and not have strong personal opinions about those things.
Trump may be way worse, but not liking either of them can be a perfectly rational, informed opinion.
Sure I get it, but by not voting still benefits Trump.
Or does it send a message to the DNC to propose better candidates.
You can say the same about the RNC especially since they are not the ones with an incumbent and are voting for someone that already lost and has a really bad history. But that's all beside the point, the US democratic system is broken and that's an entirely different discussion
Yes. Any Republicans who don't like Trump as a candidate should also abstain from voting.
Would they? My gut says no.
And now we are back at the start. Voting Trump vs Biden, Trump is worse. At this point we are going in circles.
It helps Trump.
Maybe sending the DNC a message is more important, particularly in non swing states.
True, but it still amounts to a vote for Trump, due to the electoral college.