▲ 290 ▼ Fetterman to Democrats criticizing Biden: ‘Get your MAGA hat’ (thehill.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 226 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 years ago (2 children) You'll never convince 160 million people to vote 3rd party. So a vote for 3rd party is a vote for the most popular of the 2 candidates. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) No, a vote 3rd party is a vote against your most tolerable of the two viable candidates. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social -1 points 2 years ago a vote for any candidate is a vote against all other candidates. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pedalmore@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago The key here is that it's a vote for the most popular of the 2 candidates based on the votes of who bothered to vote for them specifically, then further butchered via the EC. It's a smaller, different pool of people that may elect someone that the actual majority prefer less, because part of the actual majority decided to play a different game entirely. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) No, a vote 3rd party is a vote against your most tolerable of the two viable candidates. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social -1 points 2 years ago a vote for any candidate is a vote against all other candidates. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social -1 points 2 years ago a vote for any candidate is a vote against all other candidates. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pedalmore@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago The key here is that it's a vote for the most popular of the 2 candidates based on the votes of who bothered to vote for them specifically, then further butchered via the EC. It's a smaller, different pool of people that may elect someone that the actual majority prefer less, because part of the actual majority decided to play a different game entirely. permalink fedilink source parent