Letters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trump

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Letters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trump
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Voting for Jill Stein is only "taking a vote away" from Harris if you assume that the voter would've voted for Harris without Stein in the race.

That's a big assumption and I don't think there's any good reason to make such an assumption.

Voting for a minor party in terms of the effect on the outcome is approximately equivalent to not voting.

In reality a not insignificant portion of them would probably vote for Trump to "own the libs" honestly.

A not insignificant portion of them will vote for Donald because they are MAGAs cosplaying about wanting a third party.

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