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Barry Deutsch

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I feel like people saying "even if you hate Biden, vote for him because functionally not voting for Biden helps Trump win" are making a pragmatic argument. But then many of these same people, when talking about non-swing voters, suddenly switch from pragmatic to symbolic arguments.

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Barry Deutsch's avatar Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social
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Yes, it may be that in some future election, Oregon will be a swing state. And if that happens, I will definitely vote for the Democrat for President. But pragmatically, it doesn't matter if I vote for Biden or not this year. Do you believe voters should behave pragmatically or not?

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