MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoLetters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trumpwww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square382fedilinkarrow-up1737arrow-down1105
arrow-up1632arrow-down1external-linkLetters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trumpwww.latimes.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square382fedilink
minus-squarestinerman [Ohio]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down8·2 months agoIn California, it doesn’t matter because the results are already known. In other states the calculus is a bit different.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·2 months agoOnline rhetoric sways voters in swing states. Your vote may not change the outcome, but your words might.
minus-squarestinerman [Ohio]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoThat’s absolutely true, especially for a paper like the LA Times. I am dubious that there is any appreciable effect when it comes to random blogs and so forth.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·2 months agoI must have really pissed you off huh?
minus-squareSocialist Mormon Satanist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down11·2 months agoNot at all.
minus-squarethoro@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down4·2 months agoRight? Imagine believing there are enough conscientious progressives / leftists to flip CA red because of third party voting. Sure, Jan.
In California, it doesn’t matter because the results are already known. In other states the calculus is a bit different.
Online rhetoric sways voters in swing states. Your vote may not change the outcome, but your words might.
That’s absolutely true, especially for a paper like the LA Times. I am dubious that there is any appreciable effect when it comes to random blogs and so forth.
Good!
I must have really pissed you off huh?
Not at all.
Right? Imagine believing there are enough conscientious progressives / leftists to flip CA red because of third party voting. Sure, Jan.