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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If you live in a state that has even a slight chance to go red

You can only know that with accurate polling, and accurate polling doesn't exist. As long as we have a two party system, the electoral college, and no ranked-choice voting, voting for the "lesser evil" is the only sane choice. It sucks, but the choice really is binary. A third party vote is a discarded vote, but if you insist on discarding that vote, at least take the time to vote pragmatically down the rest of the ticket...

I think that if my representatives see a strong third-party showing for a left-wing ideology, it will make them think twice before they pivot to the center.

lol, and I cannot stress this enough, lmao.

You can only know that with accurate polling, and accurate polling doesn't exist.

C'mon dude. You really think California is gonna go red this year? Grow up.

lol, and I cannot stress this enough, lmao.

I mean, I'm represented by Ed Markey, Elizabeth Warren, and Ayanna Pressley, so...it's not not working. It's certainly better than voting for Democrats unconditionally while I whine about the electoral college and first-past-the-post polling.

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