leidkultur

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[–] leidkultur@lemmy.one -5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It’s not rocket science. The person I responded to said they want Harris to win. Thus they are a potential Harris voter. When they don’t vote, Harris loses a potential vote, not Trump.

Depending on where they live, this gets amplified by the systemic disadvantage of left-leaning states in the electoral college.

[–] leidkultur@lemmy.one 1 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

The opposite of „not voting for Harris is a vote for Trump“ isn’t true because of the electoral college, which heavily skews towards rural states with not many voters, which are often conservative.

You need roughly 4 Californian votes to match 1 Wyoming vote. That’s why Republicans seldom win the popular vote and still manage to win elections.

So if left leaning people don’t vote (or vote third party), the negative effect for Harris is amplified in comparison to conservatives.

[–] leidkultur@lemmy.one 22 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Another day on the internet where I as a European am horrified what Americans put up with. Here in germany teaching is one of the best paid profession and of course they get paid during holidays.

In Finland even more so: the social status of teachers there is higher than doctors and lawyers. And they are constantly topping international comparisons of education systems.

How did you guys not start a revolution yet?!!?

[–] leidkultur@lemmy.one 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Some basic punctuation would also work wonders:

Accuser, who previously claimed former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo groped them, filing lawsuit.

[–] leidkultur@lemmy.one 13 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Why did Cuomo grope a filing lawsuit? That title sounds like a Chuck Tingle book.