MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoLetters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trumpwww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square383fedilinkarrow-up1737
arrow-up1737external-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 · 1 month agomessage-square383fedilink
minus-squarepumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 month 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-up6·edit-21 month agoThe only votes that help a candidate are votes 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 are votes for that candidate. A non-vote doesn’t help any candidate.
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