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Originally Posted by New Era
Yeah, you do. Otherwise you're just talking to yourself. Making stupid votes has consequences, or did you not pay attention to 2016 and then the last four years?
Because I live in this ####ing country and am watching it disintegrate around me because people don't understand how its politics work and they make dumb decisions. And yes, Texas has potential to be a big difference maker. You don't think that turning a big deep red state like Texas purple, or possibly blue, is a huge statement? Just like Arizona turning purple is a big thing and a huge statement. Every state that goes from red to purple or blue is a statement against Trumpism and a rejection of his leadership. Every single state matters. Every. Single. State.
Again, you don't understand American politics because you don't understand Americans. You look at it through the lens of a Canadian and try to project your Canadian perspective on the American system, which are incongruent. The people are very different, the ideologies are very different, and the political systems are very different.
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No I am being pragmatic. Making stupid votes in the Texas presidential race did not have consequences 4 years ago. It did in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and other close states.
Votes in this election in the presidential ballot do not matter in most states. They just don’t. This is not projecting a Canadian perspective, it’s projecting an emotionless math prospective. You are jaded in emotion wanting a crushing victory. You want to embarrass trump, you want to punish him. Those are reasonable reactions but they don’t have a practical effect.
Let’s say Texas flips by a % as opposed to losing by a %. Nothing changed. Prior to that point it was already a historic loss. Winning bigger in the national popular vote doesn’t matter because of how well vote targeting works.
You are living in the past in a world where vote patterns and targeted spending did not exist and Norms were followed like laws. A world that is been eroding since Raegan and May actually have never existed. In that world things like mandates mattered. Now it’s the ability to pass legislation and that’s it. The math is the math. Win the house Seats, win the senate seats, win the governorship and the state houses. That will create opportunities for change.