• hark@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Funny because I was huge supporter for Bernie and ended up voting for hillary in the general because I had no other choice. I guess 2016 broke your brain and you’ve adopted the mindset of the democrats you fought against in 2016.

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOP
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      6 months ago

      I protest voted because I figured I lived in a safe blue state where it wouldn’t matter if one more cripple cast a protest vote. I had resolved not to protest vote if I was in a swing state, but I was still living in Maryland at the time of the General, so I figured it would be no harm.

      Mathematically, it didn’t matter, but knowing that I was a contributor to the popular legitimization of a Trump victory soured me on protest voting even in safe states.