▲ 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.
[–] whereisk@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago It's the classic establishment's pincer maneuver. All progressive change needs to be attacked from both sides: All left wing candidates / laws / tax / regulations / proposals are both too left and not left enough. Only ideals that have no chance are "pure enough" for some on the left. This is an organised attack from the right / establishment for decades. Yeah, we are finally waking up and seeing through this shit. permalink fedilink source parent