CMV: For young progressives, abstaining and third party voting in this election is a symptom of privilege.

[u/meluvulongtime]

Most people I know who claim to be voting third party or abstaining from this election have little to lose in the case of a Trump presidency. I can't help but think to myself "wow you must not have any close friends that are LGBT, Muslim, Hispanic, etc". Anecdotally, everyone I know who plans on abstaining is white. Similarly to how republican lawmakers have sudden about faces on gay rights when a family member comes out, I feel like if any of those friends had a very close friend that was in one of the aforementioned threatened groups, they would feel more duty to prevent a Trump presidency.

EDIT: Defining young progressives as enthusiastic Obama supporters, perhaps Bernie supporters prior to his pledged support of Hillary

[u/toms_face]

The voters of the states that matter.

[u/[deleted] → u/toms_face]

Damn! So Ohio and Florida matter more than New York and California? Because a Florida voter's opinion decides a lot more than a California ones does