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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
We already do mail-in in many states: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_voting#United_States
Pros: Would have meant ten years of Obama.
Cons: Would have meant ten years of Bush.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.So, after Bernie senpai failed to notice her, Stein is trying to draw his supporters away from the "tyranny" of the DNC towards the Greens. It probably won't amount to much, as only the die hards who aren't falling in line are likely to listen.
Still, I definitely hate her now.
edited 28th Jul '16 12:21:37 PM by Rationalinsanity
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.The DNC is beating the RNC in terms of ratings, so now Trump wants his supporters not to watch.
http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/28/media/democratic-convention-ratings-day-three/index.html
And considering what's going on in the Middle East and elsewhere, calling them refugees was downright offensive.
edited 28th Jul '16 10:02:28 AM by Rationalinsanity
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.He's a pretty shit Bernie supporter if he doesn't support Bernie's choice for president.
I'd say start posting "I support Bernie in supporting Hillary, because I'm a real Bernie supporter" memes, but I'm an ass like that.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranI have two friends that intend on voting for Stein because they hate both Clinton and Trump. They're perfectly willing to risk the most catastrophic president ever in Trump, and if he wins they'll say it's the DNC's fault for nominating Hillary, even though she won the popular vote anyway.
They don't see it as a problem though as their theory is that conservatives can vote for Johnson and progressives vote for Stein, and independents will decide the winner. Not only is it way too idealistic and unlikely that ALL of the conservatives will ditch Trump and ALL of the progressives will ditch Clinton, just to support a third party candidate (especially with Trump having the cult following he does and Clinton having her fair share of supporters) but it will only help Trump in the long run.
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Oh, they did believe. They just didn't believe in Sanders in and of himself. They believed in Sanders as a vessel for their own personal beliefs; as a way to vote outside of the system and to bring that system crashing down. Now that Sanders has been proven to be unfit as a proper vessel, they're now turning to other candidates like Stein and Jonhson in the hopes that they'll be more suitable containers for their beliefs. In other words, they care less about the values and ideals of the individual candidates, and more how they can project their own values and ideals onto such candidates, providing that they themselves aren't allied with the system in any way, shape, or form.
edited 28th Jul '16 10:29:35 AM by kkhohoho
Sanders supporters aren't a cult of personality. The Bernie or Bust crowd rallied around him because he was saying things that they wanted to hear. "Support Hillary Clinton," is not one of those things, so they don't back it.
edited 28th Jul '16 10:30:40 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Also the media trumpeting that the DNC were deliberately looking to sabotage Bernie doesn't help their intense dislike of the system.
The system is difficult to define, because it's different for every person. For some it's Wall Street, big business, etc. For others it's the whole way politics works, with rich families and again, corporations, getting such sway over candidates which are supposed to represent constituents. For some it's the DNC and the RNC in general. It's not really one set thing for everyone.
Oissu!

Alternately, we could go to mail-in balloting. It not only is easier for everyone, it increases participation in all demographics.