At this point it’s just pot and kettle. If neither of you can convince the majority to vote the other one out, then just don’t bother at all and find yourselves a new scapegoat, will ya?
Probably not for a game where one’s alignment is non-static in the beginning.
What you say matters less to the other people as the only thing what matters to the other people is whatever they are thinking. It doesn’t matter if you say that you are 100% VT; it’s not as if you can magically change Windward’s opinion with 1 post despite the possibility of you being 100% VT being non-zero.