▲ 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.
[–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean yeah I’ll bite https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/third-party-candidate-spoiler-trump-biden/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) Please re-read my question. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Please re-read my answer since you clearly didn’t read it at all. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What third party candidate do you think would pull more voters from Biden than Trump? I'll give you another chance to prove your functionally literate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) *you’re The article directly addresses that and you could google it anyway. Why don’t we skip to the part where you make the point you were going to make and stop pretending like you care about my answer? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) So you can't name even one candidate that fits your little theory? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Yeah you got it bucko, I can’t name any candidates I just link to 538 articles that you don’t read. Seriously just make your point already, stop edging me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) Please re-read my question. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Please re-read my answer since you clearly didn’t read it at all. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What third party candidate do you think would pull more voters from Biden than Trump? I'll give you another chance to prove your functionally literate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) *you’re The article directly addresses that and you could google it anyway. Why don’t we skip to the part where you make the point you were going to make and stop pretending like you care about my answer? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) So you can't name even one candidate that fits your little theory? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Yeah you got it bucko, I can’t name any candidates I just link to 538 articles that you don’t read. Seriously just make your point already, stop edging me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Please re-read my answer since you clearly didn’t read it at all. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What third party candidate do you think would pull more voters from Biden than Trump? I'll give you another chance to prove your functionally literate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) *you’re The article directly addresses that and you could google it anyway. Why don’t we skip to the part where you make the point you were going to make and stop pretending like you care about my answer? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) So you can't name even one candidate that fits your little theory? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Yeah you got it bucko, I can’t name any candidates I just link to 538 articles that you don’t read. Seriously just make your point already, stop edging me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What third party candidate do you think would pull more voters from Biden than Trump? I'll give you another chance to prove your functionally literate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) *you’re The article directly addresses that and you could google it anyway. Why don’t we skip to the part where you make the point you were going to make and stop pretending like you care about my answer? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) So you can't name even one candidate that fits your little theory? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Yeah you got it bucko, I can’t name any candidates I just link to 538 articles that you don’t read. Seriously just make your point already, stop edging me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) *you’re The article directly addresses that and you could google it anyway. Why don’t we skip to the part where you make the point you were going to make and stop pretending like you care about my answer? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) So you can't name even one candidate that fits your little theory? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Yeah you got it bucko, I can’t name any candidates I just link to 538 articles that you don’t read. Seriously just make your point already, stop edging me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) So you can't name even one candidate that fits your little theory? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Yeah you got it bucko, I can’t name any candidates I just link to 538 articles that you don’t read. Seriously just make your point already, stop edging me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Yeah you got it bucko, I can’t name any candidates I just link to 538 articles that you don’t read. Seriously just make your point already, stop edging me. permalink fedilink source parent