• null@slrpnk.net
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    8 months ago

    There are 3 options:

    • A vote for Trump
    • A vote against Trump
    • A throwaway vote.

    To vote against Trump, you vote for Biden. To throw it away, you vote for a 3rd party, and admit you’re fine with a Trump presidency.

    But of course you knew that.

      • HopFlop@discuss.tchncs.de
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        8 months ago

        A 3rd party votes subtracts one vote from Biden’s total vote count, so to say. Here is the 1M$ math equation you desire (assuming you would usually vote for Biden):

        Definitions:

        (I) VoteDifference = VotesTrump - VotesBiden

        (II) VotesBiden1 = EveryoneElsesVotes + YourVote (Scenario where you vote for Biden)

        (III) VotesBiden2 = EveryoneElsesVotes (Scenario where you vote for a 3rd party)

        Calculations:

        (II) VotesBiden1 = EveryoneElsesVotes + Yourvote =〉VotesBiden1 - YourVote = EveryoneElsesVotes (III) VotesBiden2 = EveryoneElsesVotes =〉VotesBiden1 - YourVote = VotesBiden2

        (I) VoteDifference = VotesTrump - VotesBiden

        VoteDifference1 = VotesTrump - VotesBiden1 VoteDifference2 = VotesTrump - VotesBiden2

        =〉VoteDifference2 = VotesTrump - (VotesBiden1 - Yourvote) =〉VoteDifference2 = VotesTrump + YourVote - VotesBiden1 (!!!)

        THUS WE CONCLUDE:

        In scenario 2 (which is the one in which you vote for a 3rd party), the vote difference (which determines who won and by how much), is EQUIVALENT to one additional person voting for Trump. You’re welcome. I don’t even need the 1.000.000$.

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      8 months ago

      Dems - whinging about not being fascists but refusing to call a third party vote a third party vote because it doesn’t fit their misinformation campaign that Republicans are fine and leftists are the real enemy.