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October 7, 2016
1895itsallfine:
the-nerdy-curvy-feminist:
billietehkid21:
krak...
If Sanders doesn’t get the nomination, and you can’t see yourself voting for Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, then don’t. Vote third party.
Consider the Libertarian or Green Party.
Don’t feed the establishment by voting for Clinton, and don’t feed authoritarian isolationism by voting for Trump.
No. The absolute largest chunk of people considering changing their votes at the moment are disappointed non-conservatives. There was barely any competition among republicans; from the get-go, the voter base united behind Trump. If non-conservatives split their votes across multiple fronts, they WILL lose.Voting third party in America throws your vote directly into the garbage. Our system does not work like Australia’s. You don’t get a second or third choice, and candidates who win aren’t going to look at the numbers and say “I see 25% of Americans voted Green, I should implement Green policies.” That’s not how it works. Conservative voters overwhelmingly back a single party, the GOP, while non-conservative voters are the ones that scatter across multiple, weak fronts when faced with an unappealing Democratic party nominee. Think about it like this:
The majority of Republican voters support Trump and are not changing their vote even though party leaders and figureheads are universally decrying him. They’ve been groomed for decades by the GOP to be this way, and now party leaders have lost control of the impressionable voter base they created for themselves. There’s nothing they can do about it at this point. While a small number of Republicans can and are switching parties, it’s not very much. Meanwhile, Democrats are floundering, trying to decide which front to unite under. Some of them go to the Green party or Libertarians, sure; the rest stay with the Democratic party in the hopes that even with people leaving, they will have enough to block Trump. But Trump doesn’t need a majority of total Americans to vote for him; he only needs more than the other candidates have. Do you understand what I’m saying? Trump could get 10% of the vote, but as long as no other party has more than 10%, he still wins. The second you split the left and middle across three or four fronts, the right seizes control. This is how it goes down every single fucking time we go through this.
The other thing to consider is that the electoral college is NOT going to weigh in favor of a third party. Doing so would be political suicide. They are paid to vote certain ways, and not doing so would fuck up their careers. Even if an entire state votes in favor of a third party, the electoral college is going to vote for whichever primary party matches up the closest, and sometimes not even that. Their votes are counted when making the actual choice of president; ours are not. They proved that with Gore. The majority of Americans voted for him; the electoral college installed Bush anyway and told us to suck it up. The question at this point is whether they’d risk it a second time, and we have to hope that they won’t, which is why we have to unite under a single front to block Trump.
^^^^^^^THIS!!!!!!!!!! People do not understand that under our plurality system, it doesn’t matter if the majority of the population doesn’t vote for Trump. As long as he has more than any of the other candidates, he wins. Splitting up the more liberal voters is now what non-Trump supporters want to do.
THESE CHILDREN ARE TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER ROSS PEROT
And Ralph Nader.
DO NOT SPLIT THE VOTE, PLEASE! GOP is gonna vote Trump, they won’t vote for a 3rd party person. That means a solid voting bloc. Dem who split the vote are in essence giving him a free vote. HILARY WITH ALL HER FAULTS IS STILL BETTER THAN TRUMP!
GOD DAMNIT YALL BETTER NOT SPLIT THE DEM VOTES
This is how the Conservative Party in the UK won the last election with less than 40% of the overall vote!!!!
Don’t do it America!
NOT splitting the vote is how Canada snagged this magical unicorn man in the last election. Basically everyone I know voted strategically, even if it was against their party, to ensure that Harper’s crusty conservative ass was kicked the hell out. Personally I waffle between the Green Party and the NDP politically, but I sure as heck voted Liberal last election.
I am getting really fed up with people saying that they don’t have to choose the lesser of two evils, and so they’re going to follow their conscience and vote for a third party.
Well, I hope your conscience is okay with you voting Trump, because if you vote third party at this point, and Trump gets in, then that is exactly what you did, and you’ve been told this repeatedly prior to the election.
So, when the whole country goes to shit, I’ll be looking at you as well as the Republicans. Any vote other than a Democratic vote is a Republican one, at this point.
REBLOGGING AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN
Reblogging again mostly for the “magical unicorn man” comment, but also because it’s really really important.
^that
That is indeed how we got Trudeau - we swallowed our pride and voted strategically. In Canada, the political right is basically the Conservatives, whereas the left is split between the Liberals, the NDP, and the Green Party. Most of us NDP/Greens switched alliances last October, because for all his faults, Trudeau had the best chance of beating Harper - and TRUST ME, we wanted his ass GONE.
It’ll be the same in the US in November. Clinton isn’t great, but she is unquestionably better than Trump. Please, PLEASE vote strategically! The rest of the world is counting on you!
How many times must this be said?
REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG THE SHIT OUT OF THIS
I have no idea how many of my followers are American, ‘cause, frankly, I lost track of most of you a long while ago, but this shit needs reblogging as we get closer and closer to November 8th.
Also, yes, he is indeed a magical unicorn man, and he’s ours, but our borders are open. Please feel free to move up here. :-)
I’ve thought about reblogging this before but i was afraid of being attacked, but to be honest this is really important and I’m so scared of Trump winning.
There are other ways and other times to make a statement against the admittedly flawed two-party system. THAT IS NOT NOW. Too much is at stake. Do it locally. Even do it nationally if you must, when one option isn’t a total maniac. But not now.
Americans, if you’re old enough to vote, you MUST read this post, and you MUST vote strategically. I saw a twitter post earlier making the analogy of being offered a platter of shit with broken glass in it or chicken on a plane, and asking how the chicken was cooked. THERE IS ONLY ONE OPTION HERE. Hillary Clinton may not be your favourite president ever, but Trump is a terrorist who must be kept away from things like access to nuclear weapons and people’s health insurance at all costs. You MUST vote for Hillary Clinton to ensure that Donald Trump does not win. Those are your only options here!
monikakrasnorada:
benedictdaily:
Benedict Cumberbatch by Jason...
Benedict Cumberbatch by Jason Bell for Walt Disney Studios/British GQ (source)
Have we melted over these ones uet, @iamjohnlocked4life??? They’re all running together!! I can’t keep up with the hotness!!!!! (That bottom one goes PERFECTLY with my Halloweenlock fic idea, too.) Gah!!!
Goddd he’s pretty
notsukiwaterhouse:
serrae:
zakkorama:
theworldofcinema:
“Now...
“Now Colin, you’ve always been seen as a romantic lead to the ladies. How did you apply this to a gay context? Was it difficult for you? How did you-”
Hero.
Not just that he said it, but that he seemed really angry that he had to.
Mr darcy is everything
I love him.
Look at John’s little smirk.
Look at John’s little smirk.
October 6, 2016
carrotsforferrets:
cstcrpt:tropius:sixpenceee:A helicopter...
A helicopter discovered this mysterious giant crater on the Yamal Peninsula of Siberia, a place referred to as the end of the world. (Source)
its the earths asshole
earthen bussy
it took me a moment to realize that that is not grass and moss, those are trees. the fucking scale of this is insane.
Aaaand that’s a metric fuck ton of nope right there
October 5, 2016
a-candle-for-sherlock
reblogged your post and added:This (among many other reasons) is why I...
a-candle-for-sherlock
reblogged your post and added:
This (among many other reasons) is why I love…
One line, except for three of them (two where the first line was only 1-2 words, or one where the first line was just the Moriarty quote)! :D Not that it matters - goodness, thank you for that comment!!!! Made my day! <33333333
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