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It's not like your vote matters now. Money has all the power in this country, voters have none. When 1 billionaire has more political influence than entire states you have no power. You've surrendered your power to the donor class.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/opinion/politicians-voters.html nyt. "Despite extensive public outreach...11%..." The NEW YORK TIMES, of all publications!
This is the epitome of why Democrats hate Trump. He says the quiet things out loud. He has said 'I dont care about you. I just want your vote.'
This article confirms this, the Princeton study from 2012 confirms this. Several sources have confirmed politicians don't care about us, only the monied class
Who do you think has a better chance of fixing that? Putin's orange Fleshlight? The chick he had dinner with? Brainworm? Some other rando that gets less than 1% of the vote?
I hear you...it's a problem...
Throwing your vote away this cycle ensures that your vote will never matter again.
The vote thrown away is the vote that's cast out of fear. The dnc's entire platform for the last few decades has been. We are not the other guy. You were casting a vote in opposition to the other guy, not in favor of policy or legislation, but not the other guy, that's a protest vote
No...I'm voting for policy this time around. If I get the state exception for state taxes I get a point and a half back.
Trump's tariffs should fucking terrify everyone...think shit is expensive now, wait until that goes through.
What's the 3rd parties offering that has a remote chance of dealing with either of those problems?
What policy, the one that was hastily copy/pasted from Biden's website?
Throw your vote away...wipe Palestine off the map...increase prices by 20% across the board...make sure women's healthcare is never again a choice in this nation.
I hope your high horse can carry you over the flaming wreck that'll be the USA when your boy or girl doesn't get 1% but manages to swing the vote in those battleground states.
I don't know what you're going on about. There's nearly no Palestine remaining to begin with. There's very few remaining standing structures left in Gaza. The unlimited amounts of money and weapons Biden/Harris has provided has allow Netanyahu to 'finish the job.' And if he's not able to finish the job by January, Harris is already committed more money and weapons to him to allow him to finish it.
I'm not concerned about that possible fictitious 20% that may happen when we're living right now with stagnant wages, unaffordable housing, no access to healthcare or education. While they have you terrified of things that might happen, you're actively ignoring what's going on right now, but that's the entire intent of distracting you from the now.
If you haven't been paying attention, women's health care lost their rights to reproductive care during a Biden administration. They fucked around for 50 years and found out. But abortion being a states rights issue is what Biden had advocated his entire Congressional career.
If your party was so concerned, they should have made an effort to earn my vote. But even if they had tried, genocide is the red line for a majority of people with any type of conscious or morals.
Cool story bro...enjoy the end of Democracy.
End of democracy while you are demanding everyone support a candidate that's never won an election, primary, or electoral vote, that was appointed with no contest?
Cool story bro
Ahh...the Trumpster fire reveals it's self.
It's only a matter of time before the weird conservative talking points start popping out in these debates.
Nice try. How does dog taste btw?