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it's good to look in the mirror and understand the material outcomes of voter behavior (lemmy.cafe)
submitted 6 days ago by spujb@lemmy.cafe to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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I have problems with people who abstained. The hard thing is, how do you change voter behavior?

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[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It sounds like you had similar hopes with me and other Harris voters. It does stand to fact that you did do something more significant than a big number of 2020 blue voters by actually showing up to the booth. It also sounds like the emotional or symbolic nature of your vote has a higher value for you than for some people.

I do apologize that my questioning was causing some distress or time loss. With that in mind feel free to ignore my follow-up query:

  • Was 2024 the first time you voted 3rd party or protested the D-R binary?
  • At what point in time did you decide you were going to protest/third party vote (and if there was a “trigger moment,” that would be enlightening)?
  • How long has Gaza/apartheid Israel been in, say, your top three concerns when voting (decades, years, months…)?
[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Was 2024 the first time you voted 3rd party or protested the D-R binary?

In 2020, I intended to vote for Hawkins, and then within an hour of voting, I was temporarily convinced of the utilitarian perspective, and I regretted it the last four years

At what point in time did you decide you were going to protest/third party vote (and if there was a “trigger moment,” that would be enlightening)?

I don't remember a specific first time, but regularly throughout Biden's presidency. I said to myself, "I can't believe I fucking voted for that guy- I'm not voting for these people again"

How long has Gaza/apartheid Israel been in, say, your top three concerns when voting (decades, years, months…)?

Since it became clear that the US was enabling a genocide, in late 2023

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Heard! Thank you. I don't have any more questions. Since you've been so kind I guess feel free to interrogate me likewise :P Otherwise my best wishes for your day!

[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yw!

Question 1: What is your SSN?

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 2 points 6 days ago

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