…yeah, I’m sure Trump will have your back…

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    In a 2 party system, not voting for a party that does not rely on voter suppression, is giving a vote to a party that does.

    Conservatism needs disenfranchised votes, they always benefit from lower voter turn out.

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      No, a +1 for Candidate A and a -1 for Candidate B is a swing of 2. A -1 for Candidate B is a swing of 1. 1 =/= 2.

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        Mathematically yes, you are correct. Politically, no. Conservatism needs low voter turnout to win. More voters = Higher likelihood of a more centrist/progressive victory. There is a reason conservative governments all over the planet are pushing for disenfranchising voters.

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          Disenfranchising disproportionately affecting one party over another is not the same as “Not voting for X is a vote for Y.”

          Were that actually true, Trump would have easily won the 2020 election with 154 million votes, since we’re counting the 80 million nonvoters as votes for him.

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            Disenfranchising reduces the total number of votes required to get a majority, so not voting for Biden helps whatever republican he ends up going against. Remember how McCarthy only got in the house speakership because Gaetz marked himself as present instead of voting for him? It’s the same thing.