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It literally doesn't matter, unless people go out and vote. Seriously, if you don't vote, you deserve 4 more years of that loser.
I don't think "not voting" should lead to what trumpers will do to this country. BUT, voting is easy enough that if they really care they better make the little effort it takes.
Just throwing this out there: it's not so easy for everyone, red states in particular love to add roadblocks to it including closing so many polling places that voters at the remaining places will likely face many hours of standing in line, particularly in areas more likely to vote blue, and have even passed laws making it illegal to shuttle people to the polls or pass out water to people waiting to vote.
I don't live in a swing state. Voting for President is literally pointless for me.
You can get me to the poll if the vote is for abolishing the electoral college, or if ranked choice/instant runoff becomes the method used to determine the winner.
Not going to bother otherwise.
President is just one of many things you're voting on. Passing on voting because of that is a very bad idea.
Uh, yeah, that's why I specifically said "voting for President".
Plus this whole thread is specifically about the Presidential race.
You said you won't go to the poll, meaning you won't vote for anything. It's all on the same ballot.
Bad word choice, what I meant is that I'm not interested in voting for President unless that particular vote also came with one/both of those things 'attached'.
Oh, okay, if you wanna leave the president part blank and you're not in a swing state, no harm, no foul. Or just write someone in.
I dunno if you know but the US has 2 branches of govt that are democratically elected... One could argue the legislative branch is actually far more powerful than the executive.