The US primaries and the general election are two different things. Voting uncommitted in the primary expresses support for the Palestinian plight and does not give Republicans any ground.

The uncommitted movement presents a safe and effective avenue for voters to voice dissatisfaction with President Biden’s policies, particularly with the Israel-Hamas conflict. By doing so in the primary, voters can signal discontent without risking a Republican victory in the general election. The purpose is to send a wake-up call to the Biden administration that it is failing to address issues and effectively engage with the party, vis a vis that Biden is enabling a genocide.

That being said, anyone who calls for an uncommitted or third-party vote in the general election I will personally kick in the gender neutral balls (in Minecraft).

  • Vespair@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    Because tracks don’t appear out of thin air. For all the people screaming “where’s the third track?,” it is never going to appear unless those people start building tracks before the train arrives at the junction.

    The time to start talking about and working to legitimize a third-party candidate isn’t the election cycle; that work has to be done in advance.

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      8 months ago

      I’m not suggesting spinning up a third party, just wondering why reasonable people don’t see the opportunity to register Republican and give Trump the boot. I gave it a shot, but it seems like no one else had the same idea.

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        8 months ago

        The problem is that it would have to be an entire movement. And you’d need to all back the same non-Trump candidate. Without that unity it’s spinning wheels in the mud.