MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoLetters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trumpwww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up1518arrow-down159
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minus-squarepumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·4 hours ago indirectly Say there are 9 voters. Four vote for Trump. Five heavily disagree with Trump (more than Trump’s four supporters). Three of them vote for Harris, two refuse to vote. Then these two people helped Trump since he’s winning now. It works exactly the same on a much larger scale.
minus-squarePeggyLouBaldwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 hours agoThe only votes that help a candidate or vote for that candidate. A non-vote doesn’t help any candidate.
Say there are 9 voters. Four vote for Trump. Five heavily disagree with Trump (more than Trump’s four supporters). Three of them vote for Harris, two refuse to vote. Then these two people helped Trump since he’s winning now.
It works exactly the same on a much larger scale.
The only votes that help a candidate or vote for that candidate. A non-vote doesn’t help any candidate.