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Remember, even if you hate everyone on the ballot, you can still write in or spoil it! Make your discontent known

This is an awful approach. Nobody looks at or cares about your write-in or spoiled ballot (not in the US anyway).

Imagine you’re standing at a bus stop and there are two buses scheduled to arrive soon. Neither goes exactly to your destination, but one will get you closer to the general area. Which one do you choose? Choosing neither only ensures you will never get there.

You shouldn't always write in/spoil/third party, that's ineffective. But never doing so is also ineffective. Your vote should depend on the quailty of the candidates (relative to some realistic standard); that's the only way you can have any leverage.

Very true. "I am engaged and unhappy and vote every time" is a much more powerful message than "meh, I'm unhappy, but I may or may not actually vote if you try to help me".

There seems to be some sort of national conspiracy to give the group that votes the most what they want.... Funny how that works.

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