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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Why is it that staying home is a vote for Trump but it isn't a vote for Biden. Doesn't that seem strange to you?

And you're right, it doesn't make any sense, and that applies to staying home being a vote for Trump. The plurality of the country stays home, so Trump should win in a landslide, right? Yet he lost once. This seems like a glaring error in the idea that a protest vote is a vote for Trump.

[–] christian@lemmy.ml -2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Doesn’t that seem strange to you?

It doesn't seem strange at all. I have never once heard someone suggest that staying home is a vote for Biden, but it's pretty well agreed upon that not voting is a vote for Trump.

...so Trump should win in a landslide, right? Yet he lost once. This seems like a glaring error in the idea that a protest vote is a vote for Trump.

Only if you believe that election wasn't stolen.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I have never once heard someone suggest that staying home is a vote for Biden, but it’s pretty well agreed upon that not voting is a vote for Trump.

That's the strange part! Why is staying home a vote for Trump but not a vote for Biden? What makes them different?