#if biden and other dems didn’t want to lose they shouldn’t have staunchly supported a genocide and continue to do so

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The thing is that’s not true because first not voting means not voting and second because of the electoral college. There’s a reason it’s possible in the US for a President to win the election even if they lose the popular vote- this literally is what happened in 2016 with trump. I get where you’re coming from but it’s not true in practice.

@riverdaughterz is right, we as US citizens do need to think about why we’re not free to vote for candidates who actually align with us and why the democrats who run their campaigns saying they’ll do all these things don’t really do any of them. Literally the best example is biden saying he’ll do something about roe v wade if he’s re-elected when he is literally the sitting president NOW and could do something about it NOW and could have done something about it ages ago. Make no mistake, if he loses it will be nobody’s fault but his own and the democrats.

Now, I’m not going to say voting is always pointless. I actually do think people should vote for candidates that align with their values. But you do have to question why particularly in presidential elections we’re constantly being told to vote against instead of for a candidate when the point of an election is to vote FOR someone you think will make changes you want to see. You have to ask how we got here and you have to realize that you cannot blame trump and republicans for everything- democrats are also at fault for getting us here.

And for the presidential election this year, it’s insensitive at BEST to tell Palestinians and our allies (as well as all the people who don’t want to vote for him because he didn’t do shit for them after promising to) that we HAVE to vote for a man actively aiding in genocide because you think the other guy is worse. You can do whatever you want but I’m not voting for the man killing my people.

So, there's a lot of USians around who are very clearly fucking fed up with their political choices this election cycle, and planning to sit it out.

And I get it! What's the point of voting if there's no one to vote for?

The thing is, I'm Australian. In Australia, voting is compulsory. We don't get to sit out our elections, and I'll be real honest with you - we don't exactly get better choices than you lot. So how do you vote if there's no one to vote for? You find someone to vote against. And there's always someone to vote against.

Now, we have the pleasure of preferential voting in Australia - We get to rank every candidate from 1 to X, and I'll tell you, there's something so cathartic about putting the biggest bastard of the lot at the very bottom of your preferences. I understand that USians don't get that option - you get to mark one person, and that's it.

That means that you get one shot, so aim it at the biggest bastard of the lot. The candidate you most utterly detest. Put your vote in the worst possible place for them. Don't even think about who that vote's going towards, that's not the point. Remember, every vote is a vote against someone. Make sure you fuck up that someone's election day!