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Why are so many Pro-Palestine (I am pro-Palestine and anti-genocide) Americans refusing to vote for Harris due to her stance on Israel? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As the title states I am confused on this matter. The way I see it, the USA has a two party system and in the next few weeks they’re either going to have Trump or Harris as president, come inauguration day. With this in mind doesn’t it make sense to vote for the person least likely to escalate the situation even more.

Giving your vote to an independent or worse not voting at all, just gives more of a chance for Trump to win the election and then who knows what crazy stuff he will allow, or encourage, Israel to get away with.

I really don’t get the logic. As sure nobody wants to vote for a party allowing these heinous crimes to be committed, but given you’re getting one of them shouldn’t you be voting for the one that will be the least horrible of the two.

Please don’t come at me with pro-Israeli rhetoric as this isn’t the post for that, I’m asking about why people would make such choices and I’m not up for debate on the Middle East, on this post, you can DM me for that.

Edit: Bedtime here now so will respond to incoming comments in the morning, love starting the day with an inbox full 😊.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Democrats: “Either you vote us or you are fucked

Dems tend to be in favor of ranked choice voting and often clear the way easy for independents to run when they have a better shot.

For instance, I live in Maine, and Independent senator Angus King caucuses with the Democrats. The Dems don't say vote for us or you're fucked, they get out of the way and let him run unopposed. (Technically there is a Dem candidate but he's getting no institutional support.) They did that a couple years ago in an Alaska Senate race also, and are currently doing it in Nebraska.

I don't think it helps anyone to reduce these things to cartoon caricatures and lose sight of real issues. I don't think the internet is good for people's brains and I think it's good for your mental health to walk into your local state legislature and go to a committee meeting and hear the folks talk about, I don't know, how to fund the water utilities, or emergency heating fuel deliveries in the winter, or needle exchange programs or something. Once you do, you don't come out the other side talking like an internet poster with a fried brain.