I figure I’ll vote PSL again like I did last time since they seem to be among the most principled leftist parties we have in this hellscape. I’ve seen a lot of support for Jill Stein but iirc she has some very weird reactionary conspiracy-brained views. How we feeling? Is supreme running this time around?

edit: to be clear I assume most of the based parties will not be on the ballot in most states, I’ve written in my picks before and I’ll do it again KKKopmala knifecat

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    I was honestly leaning toward voting for Kamala after the Walz pick but after that reichy ass convention and declaring their bottomless well of support for the zionist entity in no uncertain terms, it’s back to voting PSL in a swing state for me

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      I was waiting for discussions with the Uncommitted project to conclude. I’d been saying I’d vote for Kamala if she fully supported an arms embargo. And of course there was wishy washy messaging that she was considering it. But yeah the DNC speech made it clear that she’ll be continuing the Democrats’ fun little trick of doing Republican border policy and funding genocide in Palestine.

      surprised-pika, right?

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    I don’t think PSL is gonna make it on the ballot in my state, so im trying to decide between Lenin, Stalin, and Mao.

    Obvs for local shit it different but those are my presidential picks. Stalin is really irking me these days cause he just HAD to stop at Berlin :eye-roll:

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    The owner of the local game store in my area is a green. So I have got to personally meet Dr.Stein, Ralph Nader, and Howie Hawkins. So I tend to vote green. However New York made it where parties have to cross a voting threshold in elections in order to remain on the ballot. This has made it so I have to vote green in every election.

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    I’m planning to vote green because they’re more likely than PSL to hit a high enough vote count that people actually report on it, which is the most I can expect from my presidential vote.

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      It’s frustrating to me that third parties with mutual interests e.g. Palestine don’t form coalitions like the left did in France this last election. Yes, the left coalition in France has its problems, but they kept the far right and the liberal party away from outright power which is pretty astonishing. A Green/PSL/Other minor parties ticket dubbed ‘Palestine’ or ‘Workers’ or similar would at least stand a better chance of getting on the ballot in the first place, a threshold almost none of these parties are able to overcome.

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    If I was in a state where presidential elections mattered, I’d probably be at a toss up between PSL and the Greens, if I was in a state where presidential elections don’t matter (which I am) and gave a shit about presidential elections I’d probably vote for vermin supreme.

    That said I live in a state where presidential elections don’t matter anyways and I don’t really give a shit about presidential elections, so I’m not wasting energy on writing anyone in

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    Greens because PSL doesnt have any traction here. When people say I need to compromise, I tell them Stein is my compromise instead of voting for literal communists.

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      Stein is my compromise

      This is why I hate liberals so much. Bernie, the Greens, PSL, DSA…these are the farthest right we are willing to compromise. Our other option is we show up to your house in the middle of the night and have you shot in front of your whole fucking family because of the crimes against humanity you committed.

      It’s the ballot or the bullet. They could prolong capitalism by several decades by appeasing the working class of the imperial core with healthcare, education, housing, etc. but they think you can squeeze water out of stone. They will accelerate people into taking more drastic action because they can’t do the bare minimum of compromise.