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[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 44 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

7 out of top 10 during Trump's presidential terms. My take is that civil duty to protest is stronger than voting for non-Republicans, maybe if elections were on saturdays instead of tuesdays...

[-] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 5 points 20 hours ago

You only have to vote once every 4 years. Do both.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 18 hours ago

Two years in most states. Every year in some states.

If you're only voting in the presidential election, then you are effectively giving Republicans your vote during midterms.

[-] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 3 points 18 hours ago

Absolutely vote in every election.

[-] XTL@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 hours ago

If there is a civic duty in a democracy, this is it.

[-] thetimeoftheseason@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 20 hours ago

Classic bad take

You can vote and protest, they're not mutually exclusive

Stop trying to divide the left

[-] 0ops@lemm.ee 2 points 14 hours ago

Who said they were mutually exclusive?

[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago

not sure which 2 halves i am trying to divide, just concerned Trump won despite having record protests

[-] Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 3 points 18 hours ago

Exactly. Theyre not mutually exclusive. There is a lnown issue with working class people not being able to take time off on tuesdays to go vote. If elections were saturdays, maybe there would be a better turn out.

I feel like this argument doesnt hold as much water as it used to with how easy it is to vote by mail or use early voting. At least in the 3 locations ive been for the last presidential election

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