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minus-squarezxqwas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoHow does that work with electors anyway? I’m under the impression that if you don’t live in a swing state your vote is basically a formality.
minus-squarecallouscomic@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoYes. And even in a swing state, it may take a million or more votes to swing it. The few states with apportioned electors are the outlier.
minus-squarezxqwas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoYeah your vote has a one in a million power best case scenario. But in non swing states it willl be a few orders of magnitude less powerful.
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThe problem is, there often more than a million people in that state all thinking the same thing, that their vote doesn’t matter. Well, they’ve self fulfilled by taking themselves out of the equation.
minus-squarecallouscomic@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThat’s an unproveable negative, and a strawman. An easy enough target for a crappy argument.
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIf only we could all people why they didn’t vote. Oh wait, we have! There’s hundreds of polls asking people their reasons.
How does that work with electors anyway? I’m under the impression that if you don’t live in a swing state your vote is basically a formality.
Yes. And even in a swing state, it may take a million or more votes to swing it.
The few states with apportioned electors are the outlier.
Yeah your vote has a one in a million power best case scenario. But in non swing states it willl be a few orders of magnitude less powerful.
The problem is, there often more than a million people in that state all thinking the same thing, that their vote doesn’t matter. Well, they’ve self fulfilled by taking themselves out of the equation.
That’s an unproveable negative, and a strawman. An easy enough target for a crappy argument.
If only we could all people why they didn’t vote. Oh wait, we have! There’s hundreds of polls asking people their reasons.