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Bad faith my ass.
The entire system is corrupt. I trust none of them and they fact that people vote the lesser of two evils kinda proves what I'm saying.
Brother you haven't said anything except "both sides are the same" which makes your intentions real clear.
You said that both parties are the same, but also that one is the lesser of two evils, which means that one is better than the other. So are they the same, or is there one party that's better than the other?
"WAAH!! I can't have the perfect candidate so I won't participate and/or throw my vote away on a third party candidate, damning everyone in the process!!"
^that's you
You must support ranked choice voting then?
That would destabilize the two party system into more parties and more representation.
If not then I don't understand your motivation.
Some of them are true believers. Some are being edgy because they know it bothers people. Some are bad actors trying to convince others not to vote because not voting always benefits the Republicans.
True, I was just saying that in another thread, when more people vote (of any politicsal affiliation) the statistics say democrats win bigger. I don't remember why it's true but it is. Something to do with demographics.
TLDR, More people voting is good for dems.
My personal opinion, backed in part by things I've read, in part by things I've seen, and in part just things I've pulled out of my ass:
Old people have more time to vote so they do it every election and tend to go conservative. Younger people (by and large) tend to skew liberal or progressive because they don't want things to go back to an imaginary time before they were born. They also tend to have college, are working crazy hours to make ends meet, or have social obligations that they feel are incredibly important so they don't go vote unless they feel like something is on the line.
Toss your own vote, then, and leave us well-intending citizens alone.