Wordcount: circa 2000
AI disclosure: No generative AI was used in the writing, correcting, or reviewing any component of this essay, and neither was used in assisting research.
Assumptions:
* Elections are won on razor thin margins
* Political parties do not care less for the vote of non voters
* Third parties
Dear mods, I suspect it is OK to post my own substack here. I basically wrote it based on a comment I wrote to someone else on lemmy, and think it is relevant to the community.
If this goes against self promotion rules, either take this down, or tell me ASAP and I will take it down myself.