I live in a blue state. Using that same logic, my vote for a Democrat is a wasted vote, because my state is going to go blue whether I vote for them or not.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you actually want a potential President Kamala Harris to have some good legislation to sign, you might want to consider voting for congressional candidates that will write the kind of legislation you want. And if you want to end the Electorial College bullshit, you might consider voting for state reps. And while you're there, you may as well vote for Harris if for no other reason than you might someday say to your grandkids that you voted for the first woman President. That's a better story to tell than explaining about how you were too angsty about "the system" to bother going out to vote.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Where did I say that I wasn't going to vote? I'm voting Green. If there's a good Democrat running for Congress, I'll vote for them, too. This isn't complicated.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago

Voting Green has the exact same effect as not voting. Yeah, it shouldn't be that way, but it's the way it is. There's wanting the ideal system where third party votes matter and there's pretending it already is an ideal system

You don't get to an ideal system by voting for people that won't have any power to change things. You make a difference by writing to and calling the people who do have power and ensure the people you call are at least sympathetic to what you want.

It is indeed not that complicated.