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I keep seeing this in threads like this, and...honestly I don't think any Americans on Lemmy are in danger of thinking it's all in the bag and staying home on election day. Reddit, sure. Twitter, definitely. But Lemmy?
On Lemmy you’ve got a strong socialist faction. Unlikely to vote for Trump, but may vote for someone else or not vote at all.
Agreed, but that feels to me like a separate conversation entirely.
I fucking hate socialists so goddamn much, bunch of ineffectual bastards who are too busy virtue signaling to do the bare godsdamned minimum.
Consider that they feel the same way about democrats as you feel about them. Also consider that they are always told that third party votes are ineffective. At that point, they might decide not to vote.
Also, in before I'm accused of being a Trump shill, that I won't vote, or that Harris is still better than Trump. I know she is, but she also is abetting genocide and I'm okay with that being a hard line for me when I'm in a blue state. Dunno who I'm voting for president between her, third party, or leaving it blank, but I'll definitely still be voting for other races.