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minus-squareSyrc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoSo you think Kennedy or the other candidates are likely to get more votes than Trump and Biden?
minus-squareHACKthePRISONS@kolektiva.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agono, but that’s not what i said, either.
minus-squareSyrc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months ago…and you think in a FPTP system voting for someone who is very unlikely to win isn’t effectively the same as voting “whatever”? What’s the difference?
minus-squareHACKthePRISONS@kolektiva.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agothe difference is that voting “whatever” is the same as not voting. by contrast, voting for a candidate is voting… for that candidate.
minus-squareSyrc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoSo the difference is for one you have to waste your time to achieve the same result?
minus-squareHACKthePRISONS@kolektiva.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoit’s not the same result. in one scenario, the vote total doesn’t change. in the other, a candidate gets one more vote.
minus-squareSyrc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoSo you don’t care who wins but want to increase voter turnout?
minus-squareHACKthePRISONS@kolektiva.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoof course i care who wins. i want my candidate to win. that’s why i vote for them.
minus-squareSyrc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoAnd you already admitted it’s unlikely that’s going to happen. I’d also like to become a millionaire, but that doesn’t mean spending all my money on slot machines makes sense.
So you think Kennedy or the other candidates are likely to get more votes than Trump and Biden?
no, but that’s not what i said, either.
…and you think in a FPTP system voting for someone who is very unlikely to win isn’t effectively the same as voting “whatever”? What’s the difference?
the difference is that voting “whatever” is the same as not voting. by contrast, voting for a candidate is voting… for that candidate.
So the difference is for one you have to waste your time to achieve the same result?
it’s not the same result. in one scenario, the vote total doesn’t change. in the other, a candidate gets one more vote.
So you don’t care who wins but want to increase voter turnout?
of course i care who wins. i want my candidate to win. that’s why i vote for them.
And you already admitted it’s unlikely that’s going to happen.
I’d also like to become a millionaire, but that doesn’t mean spending all my money on slot machines makes sense.