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maxhinator123 t1_ivkh6bc wrote

How are people voting for bolduc?? He's openly willing to overturn elections, he's full of hate and continuing the support for reducing taxes on the rich and destroying the middle class :(

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ThunderySleep t1_ivkjm51 wrote

Easy. Democrats propped up his campaign so he'd win the primary. Now all you have to do is fill in the circle at your polling place today.

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TheMobyDicks t1_ivkushk wrote

That is exactly what happened. Been preaching it for months what a stupid strategy that was. They did it with Bolduc and Leavitt and if either or both win the Dems will have shot themselves in the foot blown their feet off because as much animus as there is between parties, the more central the eventual winner is, the more they can reasonably work with counterparts on both sides of the aisle. Bolduc and Leavitt are far right and will do nothing but add to the fringe to the point where they help reshape the party so that centrists become the fringe. As an Independent my ballot is usually split. It's a little more Democratic leaning this time.

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Strict_Zebra_3585 t1_ivl7m3p wrote

Yep. Up until 2016 I was a republican. Once the party nominated Trump they lost me. So I became an independent. And as I look at who the Republican party is offering, I can see it dying. The right wing and the left wing are connected to the same bird, but nominating people that don't believe in anything will most likely be the parties downfall.

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[deleted] t1_ivkxkai wrote

Ya it's pretty frustrating to see opposing parties prop up bad candidates for the other side. I would imagine Republicans do it to though I've only heard of it happening in the case of Trump and Bolduc.

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pahnzoh t1_ivl23dp wrote

So you're voting on the assumption of how they would govern, when you know for sure the record of those who are already in the positions?

And you're voting more democratic after recognizing that they attempted to rig the election by meddling in the opposing party primary?

I find it odd how people issue balance these things.

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TheMobyDicks t1_ivl6ciw wrote

>And you're voting more democratic after recognizing that they attempted to rig the election by meddling in the opposing party primary?

Both parties do this at the national level though PACs and other tools and I think it's a shitty strategy. I voted for Hassan and Pappas as they're more central than election-denying, right wing Bolduc and Leavitt. I fear some of the legislation that they would endorse would likely be isolationist. As an example, Bolduc wants to stop all aid to Ukraine. In my opinion that's incredibly shortsighted for the future of the western world and USA. I could cite many more things but I don't want to belabor the point.

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pahnzoh t1_ivlaigq wrote

I guess everyone has their own justifications for how they vote.

It's just unfortunate we all have to live under a system where we are faced with rulers we detest, but our neighbors voted for.

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Rowboatpretender t1_ivlrgie wrote

> And you're voting more democratic after recognizing that they attempted to rig the election by meddling in the opposing party primary?

Oh for fuck sake get off your high horse. "Meddling in the oppposing parties primary" by supporting a weaker candidate? That's been going on in the world for thousands of years.

If you're going to get createive about parties ransacking the opponents capacity to win, take a good long look at how the GOP has been gerrymandering districts for the last 20 years. Dems keep winning the popular vote, but we keep getting shitstains likd DeSantis and T in office. Wonder how that happens?

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pahnzoh t1_ivkkd5d wrote

Yep, my pen filled in the circle just fine. Used my brain to control my hand to spread the ink right in his circle.

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RickyDaytonaJr t1_ivkkyu9 wrote

Can you believe that a bag of Tidy Cat costs $15 now? How do they expect schools to afford that shit?

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lMickNastyl t1_ivl6mxs wrote

Tidy Cat?! Look at Mr bigwig over here with his fancy name brand private school litter.

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RickyDaytonaJr t1_ivl968m wrote

Store brand cat litter is just pigeon feathers and sawdust. New Hampshire’s children deserve better.

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pahnzoh t1_ivkl2k5 wrote

Yeah, first world problems.

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dadnhmtb t1_ivltr1l wrote

Shit! I didn’t know this! I just thought he had cool signs.

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FelDreamer t1_ivlh5mq wrote

Well, he doesn’t contain a tracking chip, and will personally remove all litter boxes from our classrooms. So he’s got that going for him…

/s

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Time_Cup4527 t1_ivmm9h6 wrote

How can you vote for a democrat when all they’ve done is destroy our economy? Republicans aren’t great but they aren’t insane.

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MeatHelmut_ t1_ivmqr31 wrote

Please provide examples of how democrats are destroying the economy.

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Time_Cup4527 t1_ivoeq9f wrote

What party is running this country right now? Who is the communist leader in charge of the White House right now? Are you that fucking blind?

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MeatHelmut_ t1_ivovsh1 wrote

You will strengthen your arguments by providing examples of how the current administration, the Senate, and the House are at fault. Also explain what communism is.

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ITheFallenI t1_ivn0807 wrote

do you even know what you’re saying or are you like the rest of your ilk who just blindly take marching orders and talking points from Fox News lol

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maxhinator123 t1_ivlos2i wrote

That's just tragic

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Rowboatpretender t1_ivlr4m7 wrote

Welcome to America. Doesn't matter how much of a shit-sack the candidate is, the GOP will vote for them. They did it with T, they're doing it with baby-trump, Bolduc. Watch for more fun around DeSantis, MTG, and other sacks of horse shit parading as community leaders.

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[deleted] t1_ivm1emq wrote

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Rowboatpretender t1_ivmj0tf wrote

Actually, no I don't. I vote for whomever I feel would be the best for the country given the slates available. The GOP has yet to put ANYONE up against a democrat that presents better. Hassan vs Bolduc? HAHAHAHHAHA. Biden vs Trump? HAHAHHAHAHAHAGAIN.

There are times when I choose not to vote, because either of the candidates is fine or not fine similarly. However, the GOP has been circleing the shit drain tighter and tighter, and has yet to field a moderate, so yeah, that's not going to happen.

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