MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours agoLetters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trumpwww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1443arrow-down150
arrow-up1393arrow-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 · 21 hours agomessage-square74fedilink
minus-squarestinerman [Ohio]linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·5 hours 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-up4·2 hours agoOnline rhetoric sways voters in swing states. Your vote may not change the outcome, but your words might.
minus-squarestinerman [Ohio]linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-254 minutes 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-squarethoro@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down3·5 hours 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.
Right? Imagine believing there are enough conscientious progressives / leftists to flip CA red because of third party voting. Sure, Jan.