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Libertarian Party nominates gay candidate for 2024 presidential election
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this post was submitted on 03 Jun 2024
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When you vote for a candidate you hate you're telling them that they don't have to change their platform to have your support. People making safe votes against their own interests is precisely why the people in power get away with all this bullshit. Don't waste your vote by giving it to someone who doesn't stand for what you believe in.
That can only ever benefit Republicans because they're enough of a cult to keep their party vote as long as they promise to hurt people the voters don't like. If every Democrat voted their conscience, trump would be guaranteed the win.
In the primaries, sure, that’s your chance to send your party a message about who you really want. In the general election? You are just a vote and you don’t get to decide how that is interpreted.
Are the Democrats likely to look at the results and say “oh the libertarian vote is gaining ground, we need to move our platform to the left”? Or will they see themselves losing ground and try to appeal more to the center? Or will the Republicans look at it and say “we need to be even more anti-government!” Or any number of other things that could be antithetical to the change you want?