• Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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    I mean, I’m still voting for Biden over any of the Nazis on the red team, but the whole funding-a-genocide-on-gaza thing is going to make it a pretty unenthused vote.

    I really wish I could vote for someone on a basis other than lesser evil.

    • Reptorian@lemmy.zip
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      I really wish I could vote for someone on a basis other than lesser evil.

      Down-ballot exists! That’s where I’m most enthusiastic about voting. There might be some places where it’s just lesser evil option in some down-ballots, unfortunately, but you’re more likely to have a representative that represents voters within the down-ballot which makes lesser evil choice less likely.

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        Down-ballot exists!

        And has the added benefit of a vastly lower vote count so your vote matters much more. The general election for my state rep got like 4,000 votes. And it was a blowout as expected, so really it was decided in the primary where there were a little over 2,000. One of the other races was literally decided by a single vote!

      • blazeknave@lemmy.world
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        Exactly. The game sucks, but it exists and one must play to win. The other team has been remarkably successful at working every lever to their advantage for half a century now.

    • jpreston2005@lemmy.world
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      I got to vote for Bernie Sanders twice. That was the only time I’ve voted for a politician I fully support, as opposed to voting for not-the-republican.