So your argument is only rational if we assume that you are correct in assessing the sympathies and motivations of a mysterious group of non-voters about whom nothing concrete is known or can be known?
Of course they can be known and largely are known. There are, for example, the “Bernie Bros” who were saying months before the election — I well remember reading this analysis in the NY Times — that if Bernie couldn’t get the nomination, their second choice was Donald Trump. And sure enough, a bunch of them voted for Trump in November. There is a lot of info about people who didn’t vote as well, and why they didn’t vote. There’s nothing mysterious about it.
I recall some celebrities who said that we needed to let Trump win to help make the Democratic Party more progressive, because that would teach the rest of the Dems a lesson. When I watched that, all I could think was that those people are fucking nuts. But, sure enough they got their way. I wonder if they learned their lesson from their stupidity.
I also knew some people who never voted for a variety of stupid reasons, and they would have voted for Clinton, if they had voted. My neighbor even helped register one middle aged woman who had never voted in her life, but then she didn't vote. I've talked to young people who didn't even know we had three full weeks of voting in Georgia, so they used the excuse the they had to work on Election Day. I blame Trump on the third party voters, the Trump voters and the apathetic or defiant who refused to vote. Again, maybe if we had a law like the Aussies do, and got rid of the idiotic electoral college, which isn't going to happen in my life time or probably not any of yours, we'd never have another Trump like president.
I voted for Clinton, despite not being a fan. I wanted someone new, but I realized that Clinton was very experienced and reasonable, compared to the alternatives. Another reason she lost was because she was a woman. This fucking country is still too sexist to have a female president. Biden was quite brave to choose a female VP and a lot of people are using that as an excuse not to want to vote for Biden. OMG. What if something happens to him and we end up with Harris? Seriously. You're telling me that a well qualified woman would be worse than a psychopathic white male named Trump!
I know we all agree on getting rid of the electoral college, but the Republicans love it, so it's not going to happen unless enough Republicans die off or change parties. Considering that young Republicans seem to be on the rise, I'm not too optimistic.
Btw, have any of you seen the ad with Bernie and Biden side by side and Bernie giving his full support to Biden? If Bernie can do that, why can't those who don't agree with Biden's support of Israel realize that you don't judge a person based on one thing that you don't like? If Biden wasn't president, the situation in Israel would likely be much worse.