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by lolc 2055 days ago
The question is "will this story make some people stay home?"

Because when you go out to vote, you don't vote against a candidate. You vote for one. And with two obviously unfit candidates, people may prefer to not legitimize either through voting.

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> Because when you go out to vote, you don't vote against a candidate.

I think this is clearly not true for this election year in particular.

Yes, for the people that do go. But there will be people who will not vote. Out of distaste. This story does not make either of the two main candidates any more deserving of a vote.