Doug Holland@lemmy.worldM to AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoGreen stooge Jill Stein paid $100,000 to a Republican consulting firm led by a suspected January 6 rioterwww.salon.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down18file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]politics
arrow-up185arrow-down1external-linkGreen stooge Jill Stein paid $100,000 to a Republican consulting firm led by a suspected January 6 rioterwww.salon.comDoug Holland@lemmy.worldM to AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]politics
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months agoThe electoral college prevents any third party from ever winning. They’d need to get more votes than both other parties combined. And you know that 60% of people just go and stamp R or D without thinking and will never be convinced to change. Third parties are ridiculous at the presidential level until we change the voting system. Vote third party local if you like. But they never run candidates because they don’t actually want to win.
The electoral college prevents any third party from ever winning. They’d need to get more votes than both other parties combined.
And you know that 60% of people just go and stamp R or D without thinking and will never be convinced to change.
Third parties are ridiculous at the presidential level until we change the voting system.
Vote third party local if you like. But they never run candidates because they don’t actually want to win.