Trump managed to get Roe v. Wade overturned. This is something the religious right has had on their bucket list for decades. It’s the equivalent of a Democrat achieving Medicare For All.

It isn’t like they don’t know what to do. Just ask Bernie, AOC, or Warren. They don’t want to do any of that stuff, though, because it would upset the status quo and they’d lose money from their donors: AIPAC, et al.

“Refusing to vote for Harris” is a hell of a way to frame it. Why do you think that people owed Harris their vote? If she wants to win, she has to earn her votes, just like every other politician.

As for it not being on the ballot: there were two anti-genocide candidates on my ballot — Jill Stein and Cornel West. Were they not on your ballot?

It has just as much bearing as voting for any other candidate.

You very much can vote for an alternative party in the United States. I have voted Green in several elections.

Those votes do get counted. For example, we know that in 2024 Stein got 862,049 votes.

Sometimes there is a Green option on the ballot, and in those cases, you should vote Green! The US Green Party has had a solid leftist platform for decades, including ending support for Israel, universal healthcare, free college, and more.

Or imagine smores. Hot, melted chocolate and marshmallow between two graham crackers.

When was the last time you had smores?

I guess this is what you do if there are only two candidates running and they are "100% Hitler’ and “99% Hitler”. Fortunately, I’ve never encountered this situation, but I’d really be in a moral dilemma if I did.

We should have a “None of the above” option on the ballot. If “None of the above” got the most votes, then they’d have to run another election with all new candidates.