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Easy- Duverger's Law. One of Clinton or Trump will be president. If you vote for one of those two people, you get to influence that outcome. I view voting as
by jpfed 10y ago
Easy- Duverger's Law. One of Clinton or Trump will be president. If you vote for one of those two people, you get to influence that outcome. I view voting as a strategic act, not a moral stand.
- mindcrime 10y agoEasy- Duverger's Law. Keep in mind, "Duverger's Law" isn't a law in the same sense that gravity is. That is, it's more of an observation of how things usually are... it's not an inviolable fundamental principle of the universe. If you vote for one of those two people, you get to influence that outcome. You're not influencing the outcome when the outcome is the same in both cases.
- jpfed 10y agoObviously the outcome won't literally be exactly the same. Whether we consider them to be "the same" in a practical sense depends on what we care about. Different people care about different things, so different people will disagree about how different the candidates are.
- tanderson92 10y agoUnless the vote is decided by a handful of ballots, one must consider whether their vote has more utility as a protest ballot against the status quo.