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minus-squarespiffmeisterlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-27 months agoI don’t think this is a useful definition of voting for which implicitly gets them to vote for you. Seems to only be true if you think of there being only 2 parties, which is why I don’t think the definition is good.
minus-squareMountaineerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoYou, being aware that there are more choices that Labor vs Liberal, are more educated than the vast majority of my family (and dare I say the community at large), who believe that voting for anyone else is “throwing their vote away”.
minus-squarespiffmeisterlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoAmerican politics infects Australian politics in many ways sadly.
I don’t think this is a useful definition of voting for
Seems to only be true if you think of there being only 2 parties, which is why I don’t think the definition is good.
You, being aware that there are more choices that Labor vs Liberal, are more educated than the vast majority of my family (and dare I say the community at large), who believe that voting for anyone else is “throwing their vote away”.
American politics infects Australian politics in many ways sadly.