I have problems with people who abstained. The hard thing is, how do you change voter behavior?
It sounds like you had similar hopes with me and other Harris voters. It does stand to fact that you did do something more significant than a big number of 2020 blue voters by actually showing up to the booth. It also sounds like the emotional or symbolic nature of your vote has a higher value for you than for some people.
I do apologize that my questioning was causing some distress or time loss. With that in mind feel free to ignore my follow-up query:
- Was 2024 the first time you voted 3rd party or protested the D-R binary?
- At what point in time did you decide you were going to protest/third party vote (and if there was a “trigger moment,” that would be enlightening)?
- How long has Gaza/apartheid Israel been in, say, your top three concerns when voting (decades, years, months…)?
Was 2024 the first time you voted 3rd party or protested the D-R binary?
In 2020, I intended to vote for Hawkins, and then within an hour of voting, I was temporarily convinced of the utilitarian perspective, and I regretted it the last four years
At what point in time did you decide you were going to protest/third party vote (and if there was a “trigger moment,” that would be enlightening)?
I don’t remember a specific first time, but regularly throughout Biden’s presidency. I said to myself, “I can’t believe I fucking voted for that guy- I’m not voting for these people again”
How long has Gaza/apartheid Israel been in, say, your top three concerns when voting (decades, years, months…)?
Since it became clear that the US was enabling a genocide, in late 2023
Heard! Thank you. I don’t have any more questions. Since you’ve been so kind I guess feel free to interrogate me likewise :P Otherwise my best wishes for your day!
