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Americans of Lemmy, what is your approach to next year's election? (lemm.ee)
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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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[โ€“] 86 points 2 years ago (9 children)

It can be easy to feel like a drop of water in a large ocean when it comes to national elections. But you should also vote in your county and state elections; you can probably make more of a difference there.

I'm not saying "don't vote in the national election", but just know that there are other elections to vote in, and thry are just as important as the nationals.

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  • [โ€“] 42 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    Unless you're in a big big city, mayoral and council races can actually have a lot of diversity in terms of political outlooks. Never forget that a town elected a dog as mayor. Nobody that pure would ever make it to federal office.

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  • [โ€“] -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You understand that "voting for a dog" for mayor is just Conservatism right? You know make the government small enough to drown in a bathtub, Reagan etc?

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 2 years ago

    I was trying to use a funny example to illustrate the point that a lot more things are possible at the local level than the federal level, particularly in terms of electing a candidate with more diverse political alignment. Anyway, most of the time when an animal wins a mayorship, it's in an unincorporated area where mayor is more of an honorary title than an actual political position. The point is that local races are still worth voting and participating in.

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  • [โ€“] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Vermont, my former residence, has a republican governor that's been repeatedly reelected who the country at large considers a RINO. Non-federal level parties may differ significantly from their national stances.

    It's actually the same in BC, Canada where I emigrated... the BC Liberals were partially anti-choice and deeply religious (so closer to the CPC than LPC), as such they recently rebranded to "BC Unity Party"... did they check that their new name didn't acronym to BCUP? No, they did not.

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