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Before you get lecturey, maybe make sure parent was voting in a place where casting a different vote had a chance of directly mattering? My third party vote in
by dllthomas 9y ago
Before you get lecturey, maybe make sure parent was voting in a place where casting a different vote had a chance of directly mattering?
My third party vote in CA arguably has a bigger effect than a major party vote in CA, for the presidency in the general election.
- yodon 9y agoMost parts of the US are close enough that a "major victory" or a "guaranteed outcome" is measured at the level of a few percentage points. Even in the hopelessly gerrymandered house elections coming up in 2018 there may be as many as 70 seats in play, precisely because even a "safe" seat is only safe by a comparatively small percentage margin.
- dllthomas 9y agoGeographically, "most parts of the US" are fairly close. If you live in one of those parts, vote accordingly. By population, that's substantially less true - nothing I do in the ballot box is going to make a dent in a 60-40 split in CA, and quite a few will have to think just like me before it does. If you're in one of those parts, vote accordingly.