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2020 was... truly unique. It was so hard to stay away from doom scrolling, and I (and many others) were pretty disillusioned by the sad fact that so much of our country legitimately supported the Orange Man. I didn't get a wink of sleep the night of the election because I genuinely considered it to be a make or break decision for America.

My point is that looking back on it, in the end the only real difference I made was at the ballet box. This year I'm going for the Head-in-the-Sand approach. I'm done with the political memes. Done with the Twitter screenshots. It just riles me up and this year I'm gonna do my best to fight that.

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[–] Horsey@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Arizona here. Very likely voting straight Democrat. We’re a swing state that feels like it’s swinging further Democrat at time goes on. At least at ground level, it feels like things are changing for the better. Phoenix doesn’t look and feel like the land of the Karens and boomers as much as even 4 years ago.

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[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Vote for whatever communist third party is available as far as the federal level goes.

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To vote in it.

[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

I'm gonna make sure my loved ones are armed and have ammo.

[–] micnd90@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

tell boss I'm gonna vote, take day off

don't vote, chill and eat ice cream at Coldstone

blatantly lie to coworkers the next day, pretend that I voted

gigachad

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Not voting for the capitalists. It's the least I can do.

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[–] Hexbear2@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

Writing in Xi Jinping (no, not that one, a different one)

[–] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (29 children)

A lot of trolling about voting green party, not voting, not voting Biden. Any of these positions is pro Trump, and that's the simple truth.

So admit that at least, you WANT a dictatorship.

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[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's gonna be a shit show. Two shit choices again blowing hot air every which way with billion dollar advertising campaigns.

The area I live in is wildly deeply democrat so my vote is irrelevant anyway, so I'm just voting third party. And until then I'm gonna try to avoid the whole mess.

[–] Hobart_the_GoKart@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been dreading it since 2020. I might turn my phone off the entire year.

I wish I could let everyone who's going to text me know that I've already made a decision and they don't need to waste their time or mine.

[–] Kwakigra@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Not in a state where my vote counts so it doesn't matter much. My political plans are trying to avoid getting thrown in jail per the popular bipartisan SB 686 for being too outspoken about opposing the genocide of Palestinians.

Since the 2010 Citizens United decision when the supreme court legalized bribery, the best I've been able to hope for is a managed and slow as possible decline into a feudal-like state with a heritable and defined noble and peasant class. Hopefully nuclear war will prevent the worst possible consequences of climate change so I can have a little hope while I'm being vaporized.

[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Being from an "every vote counts" country with compulsory voting, this seems like such an alien response to me.

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[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

If Trump gets elected again somehow then... I don't know what we can do to fix the country. I can't put into words my feelings about that situation, but I worry it will cause me to no longer believe our country can be saved.

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

Not voting and enjoying a beer

[–] superfly_samurai@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it was Lewis Black who said, "I don't know if you've noticed, but the two party system in this country is a bowl of shit looking at itself in the mirror."

I vote for who earns my vote. I refuse the forced choice of two terrible options.

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[–] Outdoor_Catgirl@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm not voting for Genocide Joe unless the US forces Israel to end its genocide of Palestinians.

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[–] pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Fucking democrat all the way. Primaries I'll vote for the less corporate candidates. The republican party is fascists and traitors.

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The 2020 election got me off of facebook and most other social media. Not quite sure how I’ll approach Lemmy going into 2024, seems ok for now and not the dumpster fire that facebook was during 2016 and 2020. If it gets too bad I might block national news & political communities and see if that helps. I already know that Trump/GOP represents fascism in America, so I don’t really need more news to confirm that point or help me make up my mind going into the election.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Apparently Americans forgot about the years 2016-2020. Trump is polling favorably and if an election was held today, he'd probably win.

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