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Who are we voting for this election?

Voting in a bourgeois democracy yada yada... But seriously if we all came together and went out to vote, who'd it be? I saw joke responses for Markiplier that seemed to gain traction on tiktok the same day, other comments here and on YouTube proposed Jill Stein(or it was just yt and my mind is playing tricks). Asking because I had had a discussion with my roommate (the other roommate that isn't the LL) and he said something along the lines of if I don't vote I don't get to complain, which i don't agree with but understand the sentiment. That and we discussed more of an importance of local elections rather than national. And idk I'm not one for caring anymore. If things were better and more hopeful I'd try but teeth hurt and it's not getting better, hair is falling out, body is weak, diet is shit, youth is gone, and I've nothing to show for it. So I definitely don't care anymore and more than likely won't participate myself unless I really see some sort of movement even then I'd probably walk into traffic before voting again.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I voted for Jill Stein in 2012 and Gloria la Riva (PSL) in 2016/2020 so assuming PSL is still on the ballot in my state I'll vote for Claudia De la Cruz

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Same

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

toss up between De La Cruz and writing in either Mao or Undecided

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

PSL

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

PSL if its an option, Greens otherwise since they're the only other anti-war candidate. Only reason I'll be voting is for the ballot initiatives though, might as well check the box next to the least demonic party while I'm at it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I firmly agree.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Ignoring that Electoralism is trapped thinking and actual change happens outside the outlined political apparatus via building pressure and organizing, of course...

Claudia De La Cruz, representing the Party for Socialism and Liberation, is by far the best candidate on the ballot in my opinion. If you live in a swing state, sure, vote for Biden if you really want to, but if you live in a non-swing state there isn't any point in voting for Biden (not that there is much of a point in voting for Biden in a swing state to begin with, of course).

Jill Stein is alright, but the greens are no vanguard party and PSL has both better organization and politics.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

I doubt PSL will be on the ballet in my state which sucks.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I love Jill Stein and a lot of the Greens (they are surprisingly strong in parts of the Midwest). That saidz PSL will be getting my vote this year. I see a little more momentum building up with them this year, with those PSL posters popping up and many PSL members making material improvements in my town.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

De La Cruz, of course. She's fantastic.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

No way the Democrats will win Florida. They refuse to do anything besides fundraise here. Rick Scott can go to the Hispanic and Haitian communities and go fellow-kids because that's how bad the advertising and outreach game is for the so-called "party of diversity."

Is PSL going to get on the Florida ballot this year?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They are pursuing ballot access there, last election they were in the ballot so i think they will get in again

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

I hope they do. I'd like to vote them again.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I ain't voting for shit

Except maybe for my nations annual budget proposal. This year there's more money for housing, water purification, casino improvements and plugging of orphan oil wells.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pumpkin Spice Latte

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

I’m voting for Claudia de la Cruz, and I’m doing it because voting for a socialist makes me feel good.

I went back and forth on voting for La Riva or Hawkins back in 2020. I ultimately settled on Hawkins purely because it seemed smart - La Riva was on so few ballots, I was hoping the Greens would do well enough to be a spoiler (didn’t happen).

While in the end it really doesn’t matter, afterward I was kinda kicking myself for voting my head and not my heart. I often reflect on my own political journey - and how I’ve been all over the spectrum but I finally feel at home calling myself a communist, and I know this is where I’ll settle in for the rest of my life. Voting PSL - even though again, it doesn’t actually mean anything in the big picture - is like a sort of self-validation of who I am now. So I’ve been planning to vote PSL since then, and I feel very proud to do so.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm voting green. I think PSL has a better platform, but green is more likely to get enough of a vote that anybody notices that people are voting third party.

This is all splitting hairs. The national election takes up way too much room in the public conscious, and the primary reason you should vote is to keep "tough on crime" psychopaths and evangelical Christian cultists out of local government roles, particularly county sheriff, district attorney, and school board.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Jill Stein

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm mainly voting to keep the crazies out of school boards. Those races can get scary close, and they don't have party affiliations listed on the ballots, so it's important for me to actualy talk to my neighbors and tell them which specific people to vote for.

Some of my state an national level Dem reps are decent, and I'll vote for them. The rest are... typical Dems, which means pro-genocide scratched liberals.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Dunno. I'll probably go vote for local shit bc there's usually ballot initiatives.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Hamas is electable if you vote for them

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

It's so fucking weird your presidential election day is also like...school board election day and stuff.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Probably Green Party like last time, or maybe the psl if there on my ballot idk

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I will like and subscribe to Markiplier’s presidency

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It would be hilarious to me if got enough votes across the country that it was a minor fluff piece.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I mean I'd vote for Markimoo, if again, there were enough of a movement behind him and he was willing to take office. Even as a protest vote. But I'm thinking if I was to take it seriously, seeing all the pumpkin spiced lattes makes me want to also vote pumpkin spiced latte.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I don't live in a swing state so it doesn't matter.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

i would never vote. to paraphrase homer simpson, i don't want my fingerprints on the train wreck that is the united states government

Death to America

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I'm not registering because I don't want my address to be public information.