▲ 164 ▼ Trump Allies Have a Plan to Hurt Biden’s Chances: Elevate Outsider Candidates (www.nytimes.com) submitted 2 years ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/politics@lemmy.world 64 comments fedilink hide all child comments This works because almost all the US uses first-past-the-post elections for the Presidential general election. So you get outcomes like this: Scenario 1: Biden: 10 votes Trump: 9 votes Kennedy/Stein/West: 0 votes Biden wins the state Scenario 2: Biden: 9 votes Trump: 9 votes Kennedy/Stein/West: 1 vote Tied vote, decided by game of chance/lawsuit Scenario 3: Biden: 8 votes Trump: 9 votes Kennedy/Stein/West: 2 votes Trump wins the state This is why you see huge financial support from Republican billionaires for third party candidates who have no chance of winning.
[–] ronmaide@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) So, Kanye for President 2.0? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Probably more like Perot. permalink fedilink source parent [–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 0 points 2 years ago* (1 child) He'd probably be at least as awful a president as Trump, though it's a different West who is on the ballot in some states this year. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ronmaide@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Sorry—my comment was in reference to this not being a new playbook since that’s exactly what the GOP did with hawking Kanye as a candidate. He would never win but maybe he would steal votes from the democrats. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 2 points 2 years ago Definitely the same playbook. It's been used for decades at this point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Probably more like Perot. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 0 points 2 years ago* (1 child) He'd probably be at least as awful a president as Trump, though it's a different West who is on the ballot in some states this year. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ronmaide@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Sorry—my comment was in reference to this not being a new playbook since that’s exactly what the GOP did with hawking Kanye as a candidate. He would never win but maybe he would steal votes from the democrats. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 2 points 2 years ago Definitely the same playbook. It's been used for decades at this point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ronmaide@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Sorry—my comment was in reference to this not being a new playbook since that’s exactly what the GOP did with hawking Kanye as a candidate. He would never win but maybe he would steal votes from the democrats. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 2 points 2 years ago Definitely the same playbook. It's been used for decades at this point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 2 points 2 years ago Definitely the same playbook. It's been used for decades at this point. permalink fedilink source parent