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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I get your position, but at this point in my life I really just believe it’s the party’s responsibility to earn your vote. And if they can’t, because it would cost them more votes in the long run, that’s fine and reasonable. But the onus shouldn’t then be put on the people whose vote they didn’t earn to vote for them anyway. What then is the motivation for them to ever try to earn it?
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If the only way to "earn your vote" is to take a position that is entirely, unequivocally in line with what you think on one specific issue, to the exclusion of all others, rather than simply being CLEARLY closer to your position on that issue than the only other option... yeah, I think that voter is a moron. Which, fair enough, there are a lot of morons in the USA who are giving Trump a better than even chance of getting back into office. I would just include this hypothetical person among them.
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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
That’s how Trump got elected in the first place. A lot of establishment Republicans and voters did not like him, but he was the option, so they fell in line. You’re unintentionally promoting the exact same approach that got Trump elected and kept Biden in for so long.
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If you're suggesting that falling in line behind Harris is equivalent to falling in line behind Trump, that's insane. If you're not, and just saying that falling in line behind a candidate who you think is CLEARLY the better option even though they aren't who you'd prefer if you had your druthers is inherently a bad way to decide how you vote, I don't agree.