Because the other is a facist with a hard on for a dictatorship. The end
Because math in a FPTP system is a cruel bitch.
And because the Thomas and Alito seats are our only path back to a sane Supreme Court majority before most of us are dead.
In this case, following the Golden Rule means that if you’re an unhappy voter and would like other unhappy voters to hold their noses and vote for the major candidate they least dislike, you should be willing to do the same thing yourself.
What if I want unhappy voters to vote their conscience instead?
All of those were actions Gore would almost certainly not have taken.
That may be argued, but then what would Gore have done that we would hate today instead? Also, the invasion of Iraq was not a forgone conclusion in '00. It may have been a vague goal of Bush’s, but was unlikely to have happened without the strong wave of Islamophobia and sentiment of vengeance brought on by Sept 11.
A pandering article for people who cannot see the abject damage of allowing a dictator wannabe into power.
And then vote for Ranked Choice Voting (which may not be the ideal but is a paradigm shift improvement from First Past the Post).
