▲ 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.
[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Honestly, the bigger issue for dems has always been low enthusiasm leading to a lot of voters just refusing to vote. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Asafum@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago It's almost as if more people need to vote in the primaries Yeah it's more difficult with an incumbent because the Smarter Than You DNC decides a primary is bad, but if we actually voted in numbers then instead of just allowing the old people who actually vote in primaries to decide who is the one running, we'd actually have a candidate people can be excited for. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago It's almost as if more people need to vote in the primaries Yeah it's more difficult with an incumbent because the Smarter Than You DNC decides a primary is bad, but if we actually voted in numbers then instead of just allowing the old people who actually vote in primaries to decide who is the one running, we'd actually have a candidate people can be excited for. permalink fedilink source parent