return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 25 days agoKamala Harris takes 7-point lead over Donald Trump in new national pollwww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1505
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minus-squareTempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-225 days agoI don’t follow. A vote cast for an unopposed candidate is a vote that doesn’t matter, right?
minus-squarekrashmo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·25 days agoI don’t think so. There’s never only unopposed candidates on a ballot. That said, even if you were correct, who does it help to point that out?
minus-squareTempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-225 days agoMany down ballot positions are unopposed where I live. Of course, I think you only are talking about national seats. The utility, then, is to note that safe seats operate similarly to unopposed seats especially when it comes to funding by national parties.
I don’t follow.
A vote cast for an unopposed candidate is a vote that doesn’t matter, right?
I don’t think so. There’s never only unopposed candidates on a ballot.
That said, even if you were correct, who does it help to point that out?
Many down ballot positions are unopposed where I live. Of course, I think you only are talking about national seats.
The utility, then, is to note that safe seats operate similarly to unopposed seats especially when it comes to funding by national parties.