Uncommitted voters are not apathetic. The Democratic party is

I’m just tryna vote for the lesser, by far, of two evils. It’s a fucking binary system, you can stomp your feet all you want and still get a genocide and possibly much worse, or you can at least preserve hope for a better future.

Glad to see the goldfish memory of voters who missed what happened the last 4 times this has happened. I'm sure it'll fix it this time and isn't just a recurring right-wing strategy to alienate voters on the left with propaganda.

it will not be the fault of the protest voter if Trump is elected. The questions remain: does the Democratic party fear Trump as much as we do?

If you fear him, why would you not assist in preventing his rise?

If you give a shit about Palestine, why would you not support the better candidate for them? You think Trump will do anything to make this situation better?

The logical fallacy at play here is so glaring I can't believe these journalists are willing to put their name to it.

I mean... If your goal is to end a genocide and you help get a guy who said "finish the job" elected, yeah, it is your fault.

Let us not pretend otherwise.

If you would otherwise vote for donald; go ahead and do the protest vote.

What happens in November is up to Biden – it will not be the fault of the protest voter if Trump is elected.

If Trump is elected, I will blame both Biden AND the protest voter.

It won't be the protest voters fault of Trump is elected but it would be something they could have prevented. Four more years of radical conservative judge appointments would create generations of degradation of women and minority group rights.

I'm voting for Biden. Harm reduction as the article said. But, I have a much better understanding of why people would protest vote after reading the article.

And if Trump wins 2024, we can't put all of the blame on protest voters, when Democrats aren't listening to their base.

yeah thats what we are saying.

and if both options mean genocide (or one is only less bad about it, whatever that means) them its time to reconsider if you truly live in a democracy

I’ll still blame them for what trump does to people like me

FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA 🇵🇸💕

This is the best summary I could come up with:

With this reality looming, many Democratic party loyalists are panicked about the “leave it blank” movement, in which hundreds of thousands of voters have marked “uncommitted” on their primary ballots to protest against US support of Israel’s war on Gaza.

The protest vote is a moral and strategic position that challenges the establishment, delegitimizes the two-party system, and invalidates the assumption that the party line is the voter’s only consideration.

Last month, in primaries in Michigan, Hawaii, Minnesota and Washington, more than 200,000 voters cast “uncommitted” anti-war protest votes, demanding that Biden call for a ceasefire to the horrifying, US-financed genocide in Gaza and an end to Israeli occupation.

In 2008, for instance, Barack Obama was denied a line on the ballot in the Michigan primaries, making Hillary Clinton the only option for Democratic voters.

That margin signaled trouble for the Clinton establishment, and the fact that a majority of those uncommitted votes were cast by Black and young people suggested a potential upset that would soon materialize: Obama went on to win the primaries and delegate counts that would make him the party’s candidate.

As we scroll social media through endless images of death, starvation, grief and the devastation of critical institutions like hospitals and schools, Americans are recognizing we must do more for Palestine.

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Welcome to Dumbass City, population: everyone itt saying that not voting biden in the primaries will somehow get trump elected xD yall are legit just as stupid as trump supporters, you straight up have no idea how primaries work but you're too proud and too blindly, unshakably loyal to admit it cx vote uncommitted or vote for genocide, those are your options and you've made your opinions very clear on the matter. Have a shit day! Hope you trip and fall into a thorny bush :3

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No it's going to be their fault. If we lose Social Security, Medicare, public schooling, basically every social safety net, any regulatory power the government has, and a right to free and fair elections then that will absolutely be on them. They've said that those things don't matter to them in this scenario. If you're for the destruction of all that then fuck you. It's pretty simple.

If you vote blue or left no matter what then you minimize your reach and power. When the elected officials have to work for your vote is when your vote matters. Biden or trump palestine issue isnt gonna change just like foreign policy hasnt changed blue or red. At the very least youd punish biden and set precedence moving forward. We clearly also need reform so we dont end up with two terrible human beings.

It's not a binary issue. Both left wing protest voters and the dems are wrong IMO. (obvs in some states your vote doesn't make a difference so have at it, protest away)

They are delusional and claiming it's someone else's fault if Trump is elected is the pinnacle of idiocy.

Consequences

Anyone against voting uncommitted supports genocide, plain and simple. There's no other explanation, Biden doesn't even lose anything from those votes, it just let's him know that his base is pissed about him supporting genocide. Vote uncommitted or for a less zionist candidate, if you don't or you're against this then your position on Gaza is clear. What other reason would there be to oppose that?