I hear this so often, but am always missing the actual justification to vote for Democrats if you still support small government and individual rights. Why would you choose something that goes against what you believe in even more?

The Democrats are completely insane too and were drunk with power the last 3 years, yet the same logic doesn't apply to them?

Everyone just fights back and forth about the lesser of two evils every 2/4 years and the system always steams on in the long run, further expanding government power and restricting our rights one party at a time.

No one ever talks about the structural problems. I don't think our species will reach a level of self awareness during my lifetime to buck this slave mentality.

Trump is a fucking egomaniac and always has been. It's sad that he was the choice against Biden. Two old dudes one an egomaniac and the other senile, if that's not an indictment of the stupidity that is the voting system then I don't know what is.

It keeps narrowing more and more, but it's kinda sad to see. NH is just turning into MA.

Only on reddit is someone optimistic that a corrupt career politican is winning again.

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.

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.

Oh, for sure.

You're predicting a 20 point spread for a race that is polling 1 point apart?

Yeah, first world problems.

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

Also pretty easy to vote against a career politician who has a voting record against individual rights and is among the top recipients of lobbyist cash.

Especially the state subreddits. There's little value in polling a highly partisan issue in what is largely an echo chamber of young Democrat supporters.

Yet you assumed it was something nefarious orchestrated by Republicans.

Man the bias and propaganda is so inherently baked into people now.

Oh yes I agree that people voting for either Democrats or Republicans is going to change anything apparently don't pay attention.

I hate politics, but it's basically the idea that people are out there organizing to put rulers in power to use the government to create systems of control and expropriation. Unfortunately that works against us so the only thing you can do as an individual is vote for the people that want to do it less.

And in a system designed with 51% needed to pass legislation, you end up with competing factions like we have today.

I do agree, but it's a collective action problem. A vote for a third party takes away a vote from the lesser of two evil parties as you perceive it. I can't control how others vote.

I personally think the entire system is flawed and routinely say that. I don't think we should be voting in this way at all. But it's a defensive mechanism against the state using it's powers against us. I'm forced to vote for the person who will do that the least if I want my vote to have any effect, if it even does at all.

There isn't one that will win. I'd vote for a libertarian if they had a chance. They don't under our stupid two party system of government.

Don't tread on me with your army of gay frogs.

If that was possible I wouldn't be surprised.

They are Democrats so not surprising.

Which brain trust picked extremism as an advertising point? They're literally the same as Republicans except they want to ban guns and free speech.

And she wants to imprison her constituents for owning firearms.

Suffice to say you couldn't pay me to vote for her.

Not a big fan of Bolduc but he's got my vote as would almost anyone running against her.

Before the swing thankfully. Fuck Haggie.

It wasn't at the mall per se, it was two vehicles involved in a road rage near the mall.

That doesn't mean what you think it means. Regulated in 1791 meant component shooter.

Plus I'm not a statist bootlicker so I don't believe my rights come from a contract some guys signed 200 years ago.

Well it's more complicated than either of us have stated. It depends on the FFL and whether you want to risk prosecution from Maura's interpretation of the state AWB.

Hopefully SCOTUS will kick these laws to the ground once and for all soon.