Not the commenter, but I do live in a swing state and it would be hard to vote for Newsom.
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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 days agoDon’t sit it out, join me in voting for a third party you actually believe in. Chances are, you don’t live in a state that’s going to determine the election anyway, so you might as well vote your conscience.
FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 2 days ago
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Then I hope there’s stiff competition so you can not hate your options.
QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Same, Gavin Newsom is just… No, just no.
As funny as his “Look at me, I’m Donald Trump, but on the Left!” routine is, it’s only funny for five minutes and is straight up not enough to propel him to the front of the pack. Most Conservatives straight up don’t even get the joke anyway, it goes way too over their heads to be an effective burn.
I really want Gavin to be this champion, standing up to Trump and paving the way for fixing the broken greed-powered automaton that is America. But all I see is an opportunistic fascist who’s willing to sell out transpeople to the Right in exchange for more Nazis showing up on his podcast.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Idk, I do think there’s a good chance he’ll be the frontrunner. He’s also probably my last pick if I had to come up with a list, even below Harris, who I strongly detest (she was dead last on my preference list when she ran for the nomination). I dislike almost everything about him, which means he’ll probably be the nominee.
FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I also hope for that.
QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Bro I’m not voting for Jill Stein even if she actually did have a chance
Also I live in NC, but at this point, I’m actively wondering if JD Vance is a better human being than Gavin Newsom.
That is NOT me complimenting the Couch Fucker. That’s just how terrible of a human being Gavin is.
At this point I’d only vote for Gavin if he had a damn good VP or if it really is going to be Trump 2028. He continously proves that he just wants to to be Blue Trump, minus the blue part. Calling for Charlie Kirk’s work to be “Continued” is the last fucking straw. Between him attacking transpeople and vetoing any legislation to the Left of “Hunt The Homeless For Sport”
Gavin is a complete monster who is Democrat in name only.
I condemned the “But Kamela’s somehow worse for Palestine than Trump!” crowd, but Kamela was at least a Democrat. Newsom clearly just pretended to be (D) to get elected in California.
I actively CHALLENGE anyone reading this to show me any evidence of Newsom doing a good deed while in office.
sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
I can’t stand Newsom, but he’s way, way the fuck better than JD Vance. That shouldn’t even be a debate. Like at all. But if can’t handle voting for the president, just skip that vote and vote on all the down ballot stuff. It’s often more important. Also, if you’re in a state like mine where the general isn’t close, it makes no difference voting for the president. Everyone knows which way my state goes. Either way, make damn sure you vote in the primary. I’m so fucking tired of people who don’t vote in the primary bitching about the shitty choices when the general election comes around.
QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I always vote in the Primary. Proudly voted for Bernie in Primary, Hillary in General, in 2016.
Thing is Vance is merely incompetent, Newsom is straight up evil
sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Yeah, sorry. I didn’t mean you you, just a generalized you. Vance is a bootlicker, but the dude isn’t stupid.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Eh, I don’t vote in the primary because I don’t get a primary ballot (have to be registered to a major party). I occasionally change my vote to the majority party in my state if there’s a candidate I dislike enough. But that’s because I live in Utah, and the only primary that matters here is the GOP one (esp. in my district where the GOP gets like 80% of the vote). I remember switching when Mike Lee was up for re-election so I could vote against him twice, and maybe I’ll do it again when he’s up for reelection again, but I keep my registration w/ a third party because I think juicing their stats is more valuable than voting in either primary.
sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
I used to change my registration every election based on what party was actually having a primary. I still try to, but sometimes I just never get around to it.