Post by minx on Sept 15, 2020 12:43:30 GMT -5
I have a friend on FB who has become hell-bent on promoting the Green Party. Her choice of course, but she was rabidly anti-Trump up until Biden clinched the nod (she was a Bernie-bro before that).
On the plus side, she will come out and vote. On the con side, her vote is pretty much being wasted, especially this year. Many of her friends are trying to explain this to her, by using the anti-Trump argument. (A vote for anyone other than Biden is a vote for Trump) She is not buying that, and I can't totally say I blame her since you're not actively voting for Trump by choosing a different candidate.
So I responded with the apathy argument - by voting third party, you are basically saying that you have no preference between Biden or Trump, and don't care who wins.
HAHAHAHA! Oh, she is pissed! So pissed! BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE THAT!!! The Green Party has a BETTER PLATFORM!
So I doubled-down and repeated that people who chose not to vote this election, or voted for someone outside of the two major parties were saying that they were okay with Trump winning, and they really don't care if Biden wins either. And just to salt the wound I said that if a third party wanted to be successful, they had to start running candidates down ticket so they could get name recognition and promote their platform.
Nope. Nope, nope, nope.
Sad, but I did get some entertainment value from it.
And while I feel the Green Party's platform is a bit whack-a-doodle, I do wish that they (or another party) would start trying to get people to run for local offices so that they'd become viable.
On the plus side, she will come out and vote. On the con side, her vote is pretty much being wasted, especially this year. Many of her friends are trying to explain this to her, by using the anti-Trump argument. (A vote for anyone other than Biden is a vote for Trump) She is not buying that, and I can't totally say I blame her since you're not actively voting for Trump by choosing a different candidate.
So I responded with the apathy argument - by voting third party, you are basically saying that you have no preference between Biden or Trump, and don't care who wins.
HAHAHAHA! Oh, she is pissed! So pissed! BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE THAT!!! The Green Party has a BETTER PLATFORM!
So I doubled-down and repeated that people who chose not to vote this election, or voted for someone outside of the two major parties were saying that they were okay with Trump winning, and they really don't care if Biden wins either. And just to salt the wound I said that if a third party wanted to be successful, they had to start running candidates down ticket so they could get name recognition and promote their platform.
Nope. Nope, nope, nope.
Sad, but I did get some entertainment value from it.
And while I feel the Green Party's platform is a bit whack-a-doodle, I do wish that they (or another party) would start trying to get people to run for local offices so that they'd become viable.