@MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agoLetters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trumpwww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square349fedilinkarrow-up1724arrow-down1105
arrow-up1619arrow-down1external-linkLetters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trumpwww.latimes.com@MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square349fedilink
minus-squareTiefling IRLlinkfedilink3•edit-29 months agoFor industryStandard and whoever else may not understand FPTP: a vote for Kamala is a vote against Trump A vote for Jill Stein is not a vote against Trump, and in fact hurts Kamala’s chances the same way a Republican voting for RFK hurts Trump’s chances Would you rather have someone vote to stop Trump or throw away their vote?
minus-square@PeggyLouBaldwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•9 months agoJill stein is running against Trump
minus-squareTiefling IRLlinkfedilink3•9 months agoJill Stein is literally only running to steal Kamala votes to improve the chances of Trump winning
minus-square@eacapesamsara@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•9 months agoThis is illogical, as it assumes someone voting for stein would vote for Harris, which isn’t the case.
minus-square@IndustryStandard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink-1•9 months agoIn 2016 many Bernie Bro’s spite voted for Trump. Stein is leeching votes from Harris but also provides an alternative for what could have turned into spite voters.
For industryStandard and whoever else may not understand FPTP: a vote for Kamala is a vote against Trump
A vote for Jill Stein is not a vote against Trump, and in fact hurts Kamala’s chances the same way a Republican voting for RFK hurts Trump’s chances
Would you rather have someone vote to stop Trump or throw away their vote?
Jill stein is running against Trump
Jill Stein is literally only running to steal Kamala votes to improve the chances of Trump winning
that’s not what her platform says
Cornell West 2024!
This is illogical, as it assumes someone voting for stein would vote for Harris, which isn’t the case.
In 2016 many Bernie Bro’s spite voted for Trump. Stein is leeching votes from Harris but also provides an alternative for what could have turned into spite voters.