My state has open elections. In the primary, I'm voting for the least bad republican candidate. In the general, I'm voting democratic, which unfortunately probably means Biden but at least not trump.
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Not Trump
Point and laugh
Arizona here. Very likely voting straight Democrat. We’re a swing state that feels like it’s swinging further Democrat at time goes on. At least at ground level, it feels like things are changing for the better. Phoenix doesn’t look and feel like the land of the Karens and boomers as much as even 4 years ago.
they all moved to Scottsdale
I think it was Lewis Black who said, "I don't know if you've noticed, but the two party system in this country is a bowl of shit looking at itself in the mirror."
I vote for who earns my vote. I refuse the forced choice of two terrible options.
I will vote for Democrats for every position and hope like hell it all works out.
Apparently Americans forgot about the years 2016-2020. Trump is polling favorably and if an election was held today, he'd probably win.
I'm not saying this to encourage complacency -- too much is at risk. Everyone needs to go out and vote.
But on the other hand: look at how those polls are conducted. The vast majority are cold calls, and what are the demographics of "people who answer calls from unknown numbers in an era of rampant phone scams" these days?
I’ll be voting for a socialist candidate. Vote for a president who tells us it’s okay to stand by a genocide or vote for trump who will tell you the genocide is good. Neither for me thanks. If trump had just served his 8 years we wouldn’t be here again.
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Whichever is the lesser of the evils. It seems that's been the majority of our choices lately.
To be clear I'm all for the people: whoever will create the least amount of suffering, and retain the greatest amount of human rights. It feels like we've stopped making progress and the best we can do for now is cling desperately to what we still have
So... not republican. Obviously.
Not voting Democrat this time around.
Not sure yet who I'm voting for, though.
I've been dreading it since 2020. I might turn my phone off the entire year.
I wish I could let everyone who's going to text me know that I've already made a decision and they don't need to waste their time or mine.
Third party. I sincerely believe the threat of Trump is completely and utterly overblown (compared to any random neocon), and I don't care about blue tribal rage. This election isn't "too important" to vote for someone you'd actually want; that's the argument literally every time, and it's still not true. Until a major party earns my vote, I'll spend it wherever I please.