• Zuberi 👀@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        10 months ago

        If you can write out the math where I, voting 3rd party, add a vote to Trump’s tally, and I will personally give you one billion dollars.

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          10 months ago

          Lol. Trump is a fascist and has about a 35% ceiling for fascist voters in the US. Any vote you take away from his ONLY competition (in this case Biden) moves him one vote closer to victory. Keep your (nonexistent) money imbecile.

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            10 months ago

            If you can write out the math where I, voting 3rd party, add a vote to Trump’s tally, and I will personally give you one billion dollars.

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              10 months ago

              Bro you just won the internet with pedantic technical arguments that pretend to not understand what the person you’re arguing with is telling you.

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                  10 months ago

                  Trump - 50 000 votes

                  Biden - 50 001 votes with you

                  or

                  Trump - 50 000 votes

                  Biden - 50 000 votes

                  3rd - 1 vote (you)

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                    No one owes votes to Biden by default. This math doesn’t add to Trump’s rally. You’re saying @Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com is automatically a Biden voter, but changing their mind would take votes away from Biden. At no point is Trump gaining anything from this.

                    No one votes for candidates by default. No one owes politicians votes.

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                    9 months ago

                    If you can write out the math where I, voting 3rd party, add a vote to Trump’s tally, and I will personally give you one billion dollars.

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          The thinking is that 3rd party votes will lessen the amount of votes Biden gets, thus allowing Trump to win.

          You aren’t actually adding a vote to Trump’s tally, you are subtracting one from Biden.

          Most of the Independents I know skew towards the Republican side anyway, so I’m just a little inclined to think a 3rd party vote will actually subtract from Trump’s tally, but I’m just a little old blue lady down in Louisiana, so what do I know?

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            Nobody in my very conservative family is happy w/ Trump OR Biden.

            If they decided to go 3rd party, are they also voting for Biden? For Trump? They’ve committed voter fraud? Wait what?

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              I can’t even imagine how that is your take-away from my comment. If your very conservative family vote 3rd party, they are voting 3rd party. Not for Biden or Trump.

              My comment is attempting to point out that 3rd party votes are going to have a consequence.