There's no other candidate who can win.
Anyone who doesn't vote for a Democrat candidate is voting for Trump.
this post was submitted on 27 Feb 2026
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That's a pretty flawed way to look at things. So, you're basically saying, always vote for the other party even if they prop up shitty options like the Democrats have done, right?
No.
You fail to understand that it can work both ways. Vote for other parties, you're taking away votes from Republicans too. Stop being so narrow-minded.
No, because the Republicans are all voting for Trump. And they're trying to split the Democrat vote so Trump wins. Nobody's splitting the Republican vote. But Republicans are spending a small fortune to astroturf on social media to try to split the Democrat vote. I'm not saying everyone saying as you are is Republican funded — a lot of people are buying into the idea and reposting it for free.
The problem is twofold: One, they think they're smarter than you and they think you're their tool. Two, you totally are. (Unless you're one of the ones at the top pushing it, in which case it's a similar twofold problem: One, you think you're smarter than us and you think we're your tools. Two, a lot of people are falling for it.) I don't know which one you fit in and I'm not going to assume. I'm just leaving this to help others make up their minds whether or not they wanna get used by the Republicans.
Assuming you're not just a troll or Russian plant.
It IS flawed. But it's also REQUIRED. we have a first past the post voting system. Only one of two parties can win. So you never vote FOR anyone. You vote AGAINST the worst candidate. Voting for third party helps both main parties equally by reducing the bar to win.
Hate it all you like, but that's just math. You want it to be different? Push for ranked choice.
you’re taking away votes from Republicans
No you're not. Conservatives will vote republican no matter what. You're never going to vote republican.
The US has a shitty electoral system. Votes for minor parties don't count. You know Trump is going to manipulate the coming election, Dems need to win big enough that it can't be stolen.
If you don't want to live in an authoritarian dystopia, vote Democrat.
During the primaries, yes. By all means yes, use the primaries to get as good a set of Democratic candidates as possible.
In the actual ballot box? Hell no. Hold your nose and vote lesser evil. Those are literally your only options at that point. The game theory explaining why this is the case is quite simple, I recommend taking a look a this video. It's only 6 minutes long and will tell you why there's a two-party system in the US and why there will always be a two-party system.
If you vote for anything other than Democrat in the actual election then you're throwing your vote away. Kang and Kodos are unfortunately correct, you have to pick one of those two or you're throwing your vote away. Wishing it was otherwise is not going to change reality even if you wish really hard. Only changing the US away from a first-past-the-post voting system will do that, and you're not going to get that done in 8 months.
People will tell you otherwise. Those people are either liars, ignorant, or fools. I wish I could sugar-coat this, but this shit is too important for you guys right now. First put the fire out, then try to deal with the arsonist at large.
You must get the Republicans out of power. Only the Democrats can do that in this upcoming election, as lame and uninspiring an option as that might be.
Now is primary time -- MANY elections have honestly decent looking people running under the Democratic ticket. Now is the time to replace the incumbents with people who give a shit
Every election year is the year you should vote for “other candidates” in the primaries.
That is how you work to reshape a party you’re not happy with.
Luckily primary season is here now so go make your voice heard!
^Disclaimer^ ^-^ ^this^ ^applies^ ^to^ ^the^ ^US’^ ^two^ ^party^ ^system.^ ^There^ ^are^ ^probably^ ^better^ ^ways^ ^in^ ^better^ ^systems.^
Also vote in every election, not just the big national ones. You're more likely to find viable third party candidates in smaller local elections. The more local wins a third party gets, the more exposure they get, the more possible it becomes to have a viable third party at the national level.
This is the right answer. USA is first-past-the-post voting, so vote/campaign for who you love in the primary and vote for outcome in the general
No, this year more than literally any other year in human history would be the absolute worst time to not vote for a democratic candidate. We are dealing with unprecedented challenges to rule of law, and we need every single person with a functioning soul to scream "NO" as loud as we can. Because if you don't, you might not get another chance.
Been hearing this exact line for decades. Yawn
yeah, hasn't every administration fired the entire federal government for refusing to tell the president no, coordinated an election fraud campaign, and then pardoned the people who participated? that's totally normal.
I mean, you're not wrong, but also try your best to primary candidates outside of the two parties, if you're in the US.
While it is true there are no good kings, we should try to get as many halfway decent people in the office as possible.
Once primaries are done, then under no circumstances vote for Republicans. And if the option is between a Democrat that might narrowly win and a third-party candidate that might narrowly win, then vote for the third-party candidate. Otherwise vote for Democrats.
I prefer to try to primary a candidate within my party, because no offense people not voting in the primaries is how we got joe biden.
Life long Dem voter here. I'll never vote for a liberal or zio again. Hard to believe the Dems could lose my vote during a Trump presidency, but here we are.
this should be the year you finally try to organize a general strike.
You missed the boat. 2025 was when the we should not support the democrats because they don't do neough voting happened. Yipee!! Its been awesome. Can't wait for more. Look. I will abandon the democrats when the republicans are no longer a thing. Want my votes or others like me. All we have to do is have republicans losing in droves.
This last election cycle really hammered home how I need to deeply research every candidate I'm going to vote for. I do have a hard and fast new rule though. No more liberals and no more Zionists. Those are nonstarters and make my voting choices a lot more manageable.
Elitist Democrats will never get another vote from me as long as I live.
Kinda hard these days. Republicans are so hell bent on being anti woke and anti liberal freedom they eat the boot that kicks them and will always vote Republican no matter what. Democrats are the same way because we see most of today's Republicans as the most evil and vile party in history. It comes down to Gen z to actually go an vote if they're of age, but at the same time that requires young adults to form their own opinions and not be brainwashed by their super policial parents.
I dunno about your district, but we usually have some pretty good candidates through the DSA on our ballot: https://platform.dsausa.org/