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I'm currently visiting my sister, and normally we are on the same page when it comes to politics. So I was completely surprised when she said she's voting 3rd party because she doesn't like that Biden is over 80 years old. She doesn't like Trump either.
But I'm like how is voting 3rd party going to help? That person has a zero chance of winning since national elections don't have ranked choice voting.
Trump is also really old and might also die of old age in office. Let's face it the guy is not physically fit.
She's also convinced we are going to war in 4 years and doesn't want our war time president to die in office. But we've had plenty of presidents die in office and it turned out ok.
I also don't like the anti-agism inherent in her line of thinking.
But ultimately I'm now even more nervous that we are going to have another 4 years of Trump if too many democrats feel this way too.
At this point I'm just hoping Trump dies before the election. Its the best thing that can happen for democracy.
Not going to try and convince her to change her mind. I mean what can you say if someone has already made up their mind?
To me it's logical that anyone can die at any age so age isn't what I'm looking at for candidacy.
Secondly why can't the Republicans pony up a decent person for the presidential election???? Where are the John McCain and Mitt Romney. There are sane Republicans, not many at this point but I'm sure there are a few.
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