And I’m being serious. I feel like there might be an argument there, I just don’t understand it. Can someone please “steelman” that argument for me?

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I know people who voted neither candidate because Trump was horrible and Harris was pro-choice. Single-issue voters are the death of democracy. Full stop.

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Radicals ruin everything.

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Only a radical speaks in absolutes

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…is an absolute statement in itself.

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I said months ago that we were going to “single issue” our way to Trump 2.0, and I’ve never ever wanted to be wrong more than when I said that.

Edit: Updated with receipts.

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nearly all the single-issue voters on the right vote in lock-step unison, and have for decades.

democrats and progressives seem to just toss in the towel if they aren’t getting everything they want, right now.

it takes time to build something great, it takes but a moment to destroy it all. welcome to total destruction.

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Yep, to all that, and I’ve often grumbled the same things.

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Single-issue voters on the right, single-issue nonvoters on the left.

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“Democrats fall in love, Republicans fall in line.”

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Everything being ‘dont genocide’ just so we’re clear here. I dont particularly think that was a huge ask. Nor do i think effective economic policies changes for the working class.

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My punk rock lifetime bay area liberal 45 yr old friend voted Trump bc Israel.

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I could say something witty or sarcastic, but you’ve probably already thought something along the same lines. I’ll just leave a facepalm emoji instead.

🤦🏻‍♂️

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Only in a two-party system. Locked in a two party system is the death of it. At least introduce multiple rounds, to democratically elect the 2 contestants for the final round…

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Only in a two-party system.

So you mean - like the system this election took place within?

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Sometimes being a single issue voter happens because people just care that much about that one issue. But there’s a natural tendency for anyone’s decision to come down to one thing. Complex issues are complex, most people don’t know what’s right. But then they do have ONE thing that they consider black-and-white, so that influences their choice. It gives them something they feel they can say to others “I just can’t bring myself to vote for someone who XYZ…”

Because let’s face it: no one wants to hear your entire list of political calculations. People’s choices are absolutely influenced by thoughts of how they’ll justify themselves to the people they know. And having one big pithy thing to say is more convenient than a subtle position based on a score of factors.

Humans are social, emotional, idiosyncratic shortcut machines, not logic engines.

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