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by thecynh 3512 days ago
> You can't really divine who a person is by who they vote for.

Can you elaborate a bit on this? Obviously you can't get to know EVERYTHING a person is just from what they vote for every 4 years but I always felt like you can't vote for Trump and not at least be OK with his sexism, misogyny and yes, racism. What am I missing (not being snarky here, not even from the US)
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BrandonM 3512 days ago
...and you can't vote for Hillary without being OK with obstructing democracy, corporate bailouts, and welfare handouts. At least that's how a lot of people felt who didn't want to vote for Hillary. (I preferred her to Trump, personally.)

People have different priorities. It can be really hard to care about various isms when your life has been borderline misery for a half decade or more.

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thecynh 3512 days ago
I guess this is true (and another comment implied it has a lot to do with the first past the post system) … It seems just like a lot of other people it's hard for me to be neutral/objective in this when I care more about some issues (Trump's "negatives") than others (Clinton's)

Thanks for your input.

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