What are you trying to say here? That it’s better to “take the higher ground” and just NOT vote? Giving the hardcore right-winger voters an even larger margin by which they elect the horrible option?
You’re brainwashed. Election boycotts are a tried and true method of political participation.
If a large portion of the electorate boycotts an election, it doesn’t legitimize either side. Even though one candidate ends up winning by a silly margin, that margin yields no political capital.
You’re brainwashed. Election boycotts are a tried and true method
Depending on the voting mechanism and scale.
Have you read the article you linked, Mr. Super Not Brainwashed?
That only works in two scenarios:
The voting system doesn’t punish non-voters (calculation based on the number of eligible voters, not valid votes).
The protest is performed on such a massive scale, that the entire election is voided (usually below 50% turnout).
There was NOWHERE NEAR enough interest from US voters for anybody sane to have any hope of the latter happening, and the US system doesn’t give a fuck about people abstaining.
Election boycott is the offside trap of the election system - if it works, it works, if it doesn’t you just gave the opponent a massive advantage.
You’re brainwashed. Election boycotts are a tried and true method of political participation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_boycott
If a large portion of the electorate boycotts an election, it doesn’t legitimize either side. Even though one candidate ends up winning by a silly margin, that margin yields no political capital.
Depending on the voting mechanism and scale.
Have you read the article you linked, Mr. Super Not Brainwashed?
That only works in two scenarios:
There was NOWHERE NEAR enough interest from US voters for anybody sane to have any hope of the latter happening, and the US system doesn’t give a fuck about people abstaining.
Election boycott is the offside trap of the election system - if it works, it works, if it doesn’t you just gave the opponent a massive advantage.
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