“I in good conscience could not vote for…”

By evander McElroy /POORmagazine Youth PovertySkola

“It's the monster versus the politrickster” …tiny

I didn’t vote. I said it! There was no one on that federal level worthy enough to be President of this broken country. Why does it even matter? The vote of the people doesn’t choose the President. We flock out to the polling places as if we are doing something and on a local level perhaps we are but anything else we ain’t doing much. 

Another Evander Lore Drop™, I am online a lot, particularly on Twitter/X mostly in left wing circles, and being so close to the election, a lot of people are talking about it. They’ll be stressing the importance of voting, and how we need to make sure former President Trump isn’t the one who wins. On a surface level I can agree with that, Donald Trump is the worst possible choice for this country, but that is where our opinions differ.

I, in good conscious couldn’t vote for another bad person just because one is worse. If they’re both bad, they shouldn’t be the President. There are many people who agree with me especially when it comes to the issue of Palestine. You could argue that Kamala has not made any sort of stance on how she feels and I would say that’s some bullshit. I see videos of burning children daily, and she feels like she has to double down on israHELL just because she want’s to be President? Selling your soul for political office is crazy. 

Along with Kamala are her annoying proformative activist fans! These are people who a few months ago seemingly shared my same opinion. We want a FREE PALESTINE. It’s in all their twitter bios, and they love to tweet about the “Injustice in Gaza” yet when poked about how their chosen candidate has yet to take the only correct stance on the matter they bombard back with the same tired excuse. “She’s the best we have right now and we have to vote’’ or they’ll deflect with an unrelated issue that she happens to have the widely accepted stand on. 

The people who aren’t committed to one candidate, and the people who vote third party aren’t the issue. The issue is the system. It was built so that the top two political parties who have been active since the early to mid 19th century could hold power indefinitely. We will only ever be given the illusion of choice in state/federal elections until we enact some real change. Ranked choice voting, for a start. Allowing third parties to get that much needed federal funding the top two parties do, there are so many things we can do to make this a level playing field, but until we get someone in Washington willing to do that, we will be in this cycle forever, kept in the past by politicians who only care about clinging to power, and not the power of the people.